Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and other apps are down

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During the day, various reports confirmed the massive drop in Tiktok, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook ad eve Twitter services.

“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”, said Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesman on Twitter.

In addition to the failures to the aforementioned services, the breakthrough is beginning to affect other services and platforms that use the Facebook login.

Niantic, creator of Pokémon Go, has reported that it is already "investigating reports of errors associated with the Facebook login and will update here once we have more information."

So far, the reasons of the multiple failures, haven't been explained. However, there is some suspicion since recently Facebook has been involved in an scandal regarding to its addictive nature, especially on teens.

Sources:

• DownDetector: https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/andymstone/status/1445058088436908045
• CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/facebook-addictive-and-particularly-destructive-for-kids-say-senators.html

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