Facebook is DOWN! Thousands of user across North and South America report a total blackout or issues with News Feed on the desktop site and app
- Facebook has gone down in North America, causing issues for over 11,000 users
- Outage reports surfaced around 4pm ET Wednesday and have spiked since
- Many users are reporting a total blackout and others can’t refresh News Feed
If you are experiencing a total Facebook blackout- you are not alone.
The social media platform is experiencing an outage across North America, with major cities such as Chicago and Boston in the US, along with Montreal in Canada, Mexico City to the south and parts of South America.
Issue reports began to slow trickle in to DownDetector.com around 4pm ET with users citing problems with News Feed, logging in or accessing the platform entirely.
Both the app and desktop site seem to be experiencing glitches, with more than 11,000 users plagued with issues.
Issue reports began to slow trickle in to DownDetector.com around 4pm ET with users citing problems with News Feed, logging in or accessing the platform entirely. Both the app and desktop site seem to be experiencing glitches, with more than 11,000 users plagued with issues
DownDetector, which monitors service of online platforms, showed issue reports starting at 3:40pm ET with 36 complaints and quickly spiked to more than 11,000.