{"id":52764,"date":"2021-10-04T19:26:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=52764"},"modified":"2021-10-04T19:26:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:26:41","slug":"facebook-instagram-whatsapp-services-down-second-time-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-services-down-second-time-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Services Down Second Time In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook-owned services, WhatsApp and Instagram, are down on Monday, leaving some three billion online users frustrated and unable to connect all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>The social tools including Facebook\u2019s own Messenger service were first reported as not being available from 04:25pm on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Users visiting the social platforms owned by Silicon Valley guru Mark Zuckerberg are confronted with error messages.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, @WhatsApp wrote, \u201cWe\u2019re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for your patience!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>@Facebook tweeted, \u201cWe\u2019re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We\u2019re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.\u201d<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container ad-container-adsense\">\n<div class=\"ad-adsense\">\n<p>Also, @InstagramComms wrote on Twitter, \u201cInstagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Bear with us, we\u2019re on it! #instagramdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook-owned apps, which have some three billion users worldwide, report occasional outages in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/breaking-instagram-facebook-whatsapp-crash\/\">March 2021<\/a>\u00a0and July 2020, which often spark an array of comments on other social platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Since the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/breaking-mtn-airtel-glo-others-block-access-to-twitter-in-nigeria\/\">suspension<\/a>\u00a0of microblogging site Twitter by the Federal Government of Nigeria in June 2021, Nigerians have relied heavily on Facebook-owned platforms for social interactions while a few others continue to tweet, circumventing the ban using Virtual Private Networks.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria had about 33 million active social media users as of January 2021. 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