Many people are experiencing issues with Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger right now. On DownDetector, over 123,000 users have registered problems with Instagram. On DownDetector, over 23,000 users have reported problems with WhatsApp, and the service is down for one Verge staffer's family in Europe. With over 5,000 complaints of problems on DownDetector, it appears that Facebook Messenger is also affected.
I saw a white page with the message "5xx Server Error" when I went to Instagram's website. I also got an error when I redownloaded Instagram to my phone and tried to log in.A request for comment from Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, was not immediately returned. “There are a variety of issues currently impacting Facebook goods, including gaming streams,” according to the Facebook Gaming Twitter account. Multiple teams are working on the issue, according to the account.
This isn't the first time Facebook's services have had issues: Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct Messages were also down in December. In 2019, Facebook and Instagram both suffered massive outages during Thanksgiving.