Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down in some parts of the world today.
The company said it is “aware that some people are having problems accessing the Facebook app” and is working to restore access.
The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 11:45 ET on Monday (4:45 NZT today).
It is normal for websites and applications to experience outages, although one on a global scale is rare. Users reported being unable to access Facebook in California, New York, Europe and New Zealand.
Meanwhile, on Twitter, users were congratulating themselves on choosing the app.
The outages came a week after major outages shut down the Slack workplace messaging tool and Kiwi Xero accounting software.
Mobile communications around the world were also affected by an outage today, after US companies AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile suffered problems, blocking millions of users.
Facebook is going through a major crisis after the whistleblower who was the source of The Wall Street Journal's series of stories exposing the company's knowledge of internal research on the negative effects of its products and decisions went public on 60 Minutes on USA on Sunday.
Frances Haugen was identified in a 60-minute interview as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with federal authorities that the company's own research shows how it heightens hatred and misinformation, leads to growing polarization, and that Instagram, specifically, can harm the mental health of teenagers.
The Journal's stories, called the Facebook Archives, painted the picture of a company focused on growth and its own interests rather than the public good. Facebook tried to minimize the search. Nick Clegg, the company's vice president for policy and public relations, wrote to Facebook employees in a memo on Friday that “social media has had a huge impact on society in recent years, and Facebook is often a place where much of this debate takes place. "
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