Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp down in the UK: Social media sites not working for users across world

Social media users claim they have been unable to use some features on the site
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Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp are reportedly down for users across the world.

People in Japan, South America, Europe and the US all reported problems on Wednesday.

Users are complaining about photos not being able to load, videos not appearing and voice messages failing to send.

Social media users also say they are unable to send files or messages on Whatsapp.

The social media giant has not yet commented publicly on the apparent issues.

According to site Down Detector, which monitors complaints, Facebook had zero reports of the site being down until 3pm BST, when more than 1,800 were sent.

On Twitter, Facebook, who owns all three apps, said they were aware of the issues.

"We’re aware that some people are having trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on our apps," a spokesman wrote.

"We're sorry for the trouble and are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible".

The hashtag #instagramdown began to climb up the trending list on Twitter.

On WhatsApp, some users noticed image and video files were not able to send, while others on Instagram claimed they could not see images on their feed.

Facebook has more than 2.3 billion monthly active users and Instagram has one billion.

Social media users flocked to Twitter to complain about all three platforms being down at the same time.

"Tried sending a picture on WhatsApp, didn't work," one person wrote, "Then went onto Facebook messenger, also didn't work. Finally Instagram DM, again didn't work. The problem when one company owns everything"

Another said: "Been turning on data and wifi thousand times, just to realize #whatsappdown #facebookdown #instagramdown Smh"

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