Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down for thousands of users, tracker shows

Facebook and Instagram have been reported as down, impacting thousands of users, tracker downdetector.ca shows.

On Twitter, the tracker said the two social media platforms, as well as WhatsApp, were experiencing outages just after 11:40 a.m. eastern time Monday.

User reports indicate Whatsapp is having problems since 11:45 AM EDT. https://t.co/cvGsWTfsWq RT if you're also having problems #Whatsappdown

— Downdetector (@downdetector) October 4, 2021

When searching its website, downdetector showed more than 30,000 outages were reported for Facebook alone as of noon Monday. Instagram logged more than 20,000 reports, while WhatsApp had more than 13,000 issues reported.

Facebook said in a tweet that the company is “working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”

We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021

Instagram and WhatsApp belong to Facebook, which has billions of active users.

It’s unclear how widespread the issue is, or when it will resolve.

Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Bear with us, we’re on it! #instagramdown

— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 4, 2021

We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible.

Thanks for your patience!

— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) October 4, 2021

by Global News