Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are back after 'technical issue'

UPDATE: March 19, 2021, 3:07 p.m. EDT Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are now back up.

“Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing some Facebook services," said a Facebook spokesperson in a statement to Mashable. "We resolved this issue for everyone, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”

Original story:

No, it's not just your internet connection.

Users around the globe are reporting a widespread outage that's affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.

At the moment, all these Facebook-owned services are down.

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Instagram users are reporting a "5xx Server Error."

Attempts to use the iOS app return the following message:

"We're sorry, but something went wrong. Please try again."

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Opening the WhatsApp iOS app prompts a constant loading graphic indicating an attempt to connect to the platform's servers.

According to Downdetector, issues with all three services appear to have begun a little after 1 p.m ET on Friday.

Mashable has reached out to Facebook to find out more information about the outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger. We will update this post when we hear back.

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