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Facebook down: Users report issues loading social network

Thousands of social media users are complaining Tuesday morning that Facebook and Instagram are down.

According to downdetector.com, users on the U.S. East Coast and in the UK and Europe are reporting outages on Facebook; over 4,000 reports came in around 8 a.m. ET. #FacebookDown became a trending topic on Twitter, as many took to other social networks to complain that they can't load Facebook posts, send messages over the Messenger app, or see Instagram photos and videos.

According to ABC 15 in Arizona, some users said they received an error message suggesting that Facebook was undergoing maintenance.

Facebook also had issues last week, displaying broken error messages stating "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can." The outage lasted roughly half an hour on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 12.

Facebook later said last week's outage was due to a "routine test."

"Earlier today, a routine test caused users to have trouble accessing or posting to all Facebook services including WhatsApp and Instagram. We quickly investigated and restored access for everyone. We're sorry for the inconvenience," a spokesperson told USA Today last week.

It's unclear if a similar test is causing Tuesday's reported outages.

Scroll through to see #FacebookDown and #InstagramDown messages on Twitter.

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Some Twitter users are reporting Facebook is not loading for them. Are you able to access the site? #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/Rlaqi8bD0i — Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) November 20, 2018

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The first thing I do when I notice a glitch in Facebook or Instagram is come on to Twitter and look for a trending topic.



Ah, there's #FacebookDown. Right on time. pic.twitter.com/D5jk62Tsqo — James Michael Sama (@JamesMSama) November 20, 2018

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Both Facebook and Instagram are not working this morning. What will we do?!?!? Come talk to our friends on Twitter of course! Good morning! Happy Tuesday! #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/hXSOheo6y1 — TN Dept. of Health (@TNDeptofHealth) November 20, 2018

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Facebook AND Instagram is down! There are millions of people who are now walking around wondering what else their smart phone can do. 😂😂🤣🤣#facebookdown #instagramdown — KenIsJustKen (@kenisjustken) November 20, 2018

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Wait wait what if now is Twitter’s turn after Facebook and Instagram aren’t working, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FREAK OUT TOGETHER?!?!#FacebookDown #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/tSyOscVCVd — Cinthya ‎⎊ (@TheCinthyaGar) November 20, 2018

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BREAKING: We’re taking numerous reports regarding #FacebookDown.



We’ve deployed a team of social media detectives who are carrying out enquiries.



In the meantime we’d encourage you to use other platforms to share your pictures of lunch 🍴🙈😁 | #SocialMediaPolice — NottsPolice Specials (@NottsSpecials) November 20, 2018

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Everyone : tweeted #FacebookDown



Me : checking my Facebook on browser . pic.twitter.com/g1UXAHhZbR — arrie jr ☁️ (@Logicrtz) November 20, 2018

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Lots of people reporting Facebook and Instagram being down in UK and Europe right now#facebookdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/9UoWdd48Sk — Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) November 20, 2018

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I don’t mean to alarm you but there’s a caravan of Facebook people headed towards the Twitter border#FacebookDown — Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) November 20, 2018

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Facebook is down. Hello everyone. Welcome to Twitter. It's nice you could join us. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/qqeGa3AwAS — Rob Jeffries (@RobJeffries) November 20, 2018

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Messenger is down. I repeat messenger is down #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/j0vtlpiFP6 — J (@jonbarradell) November 19, 2018

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Mark zuckerberg Right Now After Facebook Eror#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/dhYyuCxwF2 — Zubair Khan Afridi (@zubairx101) November 18, 2018

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Twitter usage up over 9000% during the Great Facebook Depression of 2018 #FacebookDown — Morgan Belding (@phinnybinz) November 18, 2018

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Me running to twitter to check if I’m not the only one who’s instagram isn’t working #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/wkckOFAAEo — Maddy Rose🐝 (@maddyxomua) November 20, 2018

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*instagram crashes*



my brain:

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it

don’t do it



me:

*runs to twitter and tweets about it*#instagramdown — applefessings (@applexfessings) November 20, 2018

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#instagramdown again for the 4th time this month pic.twitter.com/58BeRQ7HUc — M (@nighxcity) November 20, 2018

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