Some of the most popular social media apps have crashed this afternoon.
The outages on Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook, which are all owned by Facebook were reported at 16.44pm today, according to DownDetector.
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.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) October 4, 2021
Andy Stone, from Facebook's communications department, tweeted: "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 hasn't yet commented on the outages.
