As Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffer global outage, Twitter keeps the memes coming

While Facebook’s status page did not indicate a problem, a spokesperson for the platform told DailyMail, “Today, a network configuration issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Facebook technologies. We quickly resolved this issue for everyone, and we apologize for any inconvenience”.

The sudden outage sparked many memes and jokes online, with hashtag # FacebookDown, WhatsAppDown and #InstagramDown trending on Twitter.

Take a look at some of the reactions here:

me to youtube and twitter
after instagram and facebook down#instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/NJCzNQkcSL

— mAni (@mani_hahaha) June 9, 2021

People running to twitter to see #facebookdown and #instagramdown memes pic.twitter.com/iPHCDoV4uA

— Ruthless Truth (@ruthlesstruth01) June 10, 2021

#instagramdown is down again

Me who don’t use instagram : pic.twitter.com/Z6YNWCtrAt

— Bhanu Syal (@IM_Bhanuu) June 10, 2021

Everyone right now.#instagramdown #facebookdown #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/oHaiww2zD2

— Ahsan Khan (@ahsankhanzaada) June 9, 2021

Watching #instagramdown memes on Twitter be like : #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/up3QxWVBHN

— Bhanu Syal (@IM_Bhanuu) June 10, 2021

#instagramdown #facebookdown
Best thing to do ,
Open the app
Uninstall
Off your data
Turn off your phone
And
Sleep. Ocakes pic.twitter.com/GW2C6TCGBG

— R-B (@bby_rse) June 10, 2021

Me opening twitter after FB, insta and whatsapp went down. Twitter always got our back lol. #facebookdown #instagramdown #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/TNmg5QYqaj

— Adeel Harry (@AdeelHarry) June 9, 2021

At least YouTube and Twitter are still up 💀🤡 #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/cqYRUhPst5

— Jazmin⁷ ⟭⟬ (@hjazmin_126) June 9, 2021

WhatsApp, Instagram e FB down! #whatsappdown #instagramdown #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/2My3WdvCHS

— ⓟ Dal (@dalgrandizoli) June 9, 2021

Is it just me or is instagram down!?! #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/3K1757OxSb

— Da baddest biih 😼 (@keyslaugh) June 9, 2021

Twitter ❤️ always here #facebookdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/PpU3DeLOa5

— You can call me anything you want (@tinibilbao) June 9, 2021

The social media platform outage comes after a massive internet blackout on Tuesday, June 8, impacting several major websites.

News outlets like Financial Times, the Guardian, the New York Times and popular platforms like Twitch, Spotify, Hulu, HBO Max, and Pinterest were impacted at the time. Users were reportedly greeted with “Error 503 Service Unavailable” on the platforms. Even Britain’s gov.uk, was inaccessible for quite some time.

According to a report by BBC, cloud computing provider Fastly, which underpins a lot of major websites, said it was behind the outage. The firm said there were issues with its global content delivery network (CDN) and was implementing a fix. Websites were restored after around an hour of downtime.

Though it is unclear if the Facebook outage was linked to the larger outage, all the social media platforms are now restored.