Several subscribers using their Facebook credentials to log in to third-party apps such as Pokemon Go and Match Masters were also facing issues. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can.'įacebook shares fell 5.5 percent in afternoon trading on Monday, inching towards its worst day in nearly a year.įacebook has experienced similar widespread outages with its suite of apps this year in March and July.

Users trying to access Facebook in affected areas were greeted with the message: 'Something went wrong. 'We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,' Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said on Twitter. Tracker Downdetector was showing outages in heavily populated areas including Washington and Paris, with problems being reported from around 3:45 p.m.

Besides blocking Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over possible threat to national security, Chinese authorities are now turning their focus to encrypted messaging apps.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were hit by a massive outage Monday, impacting potentially tens of millions of users. The development comes at a politically charged time in China, as while Chinese censors have boosted efforts to eradicate all mention of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died Thursday in government custody. WhatsApp is known for helping those seeking a greater degree of privacy from government snooping than domestic app WeChat, which closely monitored and filtered. Meanwhile, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said he had no information on the issue when asked by reporters on Tuesday. Several users have reported that the app is no longer properly accessible unless they use a virtual private network to send their internet traffic outside the country and around its great firewall, reports the Independent. 19 (ANI): Netizens in China have reporter disruptions in service by Whatsapp, leading to the scare that the Facebook-owned chat app may be on its way to being entirely blocked.

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