The outage - the social network's longest ever - was blamed on 'a server configuration change.' The outage came a month after Facebook experienced a daylong outage that prevented the social network's 2 billion users around the world from using its services. The apps will remain separate, but they'll be brought together under a single messaging platform or protocol. The issue has since been resolved we're sorry for any inconvenience,' a Facebook spokesperson said.įacebook announced plans in January to merge the services of WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, allowing users to send messages to one another without switching apps. 'Earlier today, some people may have experienced trouble connecting to the family of apps.

Service to the networks was restored about two hours later.

PT, prevented access to Facebook and Instagram, while WhatsApp users were prevented from sending or receiving messages on the chat service. The outages, which began around 3:30 a.m. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all experienced worldwide service disruptions Sunday morning that lasted for several hours.

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