Facebook comes back online: Social network returns after unexplained 30-minute global outage


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Users were unable to log onto Facebook for 30 minutes and took to other forms of social media to show their frustration this morning.

'Sorry, something went wrong' the message replacing Facebook's home page stated.

'We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.'

More to follow

Facebook experienced difficulties for 30 minutes this morning, greeting users with an error message when they tried to access the social network

Facebook experienced difficulties for 30 minutes this morning, greeting users with an error message when they tried to access the social network

When reached by MailOnline Facebook said it is looking into what caused the issue.

Users flocked to Twitter to vent their frustration at the lack of service.

'@facebook is still down! This is the longest I remember,' said one.

'facebook is down! I don't think I've ever seen that before,' said another.

Website downdetector.com reports there were over 6,000 reports from users of Facebook being down during the outage.

77 per cent reported a total blackout, while 21 per cent were unable to log in.

Website downdetector.com showed a map of where Facebook outages were being reported around the globe. The most reports were in Europe, where many users were awake and trying to access the website, while in the U.S. there were less reports as it was the middle of the night for most there

Website downdetector.com showed a map of where Facebook outages were being reported around the globe. The most reports were in Europe, where many users were awake and trying to access the website, while in the U.S. there were less reports as it was the middle of the night for most there

A server status check for Facebook showed that the website was unavailable - but the social network is yet to reveal what caused the outage that affected users around the world

A server status check for Facebook showed that the website was unavailable - but the social network is yet to reveal what caused the outage that affected users around the world




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