Facebook DOWN: Social network NOT WORKING for hundreds of users

Facebook, Messenger, AND Instagram are down:
Global outage hits sites at the same time, causing social media panic.
 A slew of Facebook-owned sites are experiencing a worldwide outage, 
leaving thousands of users unable to connect.
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FACEBOOK is down this afternoon with the social networking site and app not working for thousands of users. The social network has now confirmed the outage that has left users unable to make new posts online.*5:40PM UPDATE: Facebook has just confirmed the issues with its service with a spokesperson saying: "We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”*ORIGINAL STORY: Facebook users are facing a frustrating afternoon with the social network site and app appearing to be down and offline.*Issues seem to have begun around 4pm this afternoon with many fans of the service reporting that they are still unable to log in, make new posts or add comments to stories.*At the time of writing, independent outage monitor Down Detector has registered over 2,000 reports from users insisting Facebook is plagued with an outage.*A map on the site showed the UK, US and large areas of Europe are affected by the connection issues. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1099668