SINGAPORE: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users in parts of the world including Singapore, Manila and the United States were unable to access some of the apps’ functions on Wednesday (Jul 3).
According to the website Down Detector, Facebook users in the US and the United Kingdom were among the heaviest hit. In Asia, Singapore and Manila reported the most disruptions.
View of the countries affected by the Facebook outage on Jul 3, 2019. (Image: Down Detector website)
Reports of users in Singapore who were unable to post or download photos on the social media platforms were at its peak at around 10pm.
The Facebook outage on Jul 3, 2019, affected countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. (Image: Down Detector website)
As has become routine, users took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.
All the social media platforms affected are owned by California tech giant Facebook, which has not issued comment on the outage.
The apps suffered two similar outages this year.
In March, Facebook suffered extended downtime with users around the globe unable to access their app for more than 24 hours.
A month later, users again experienced difficulties in accessing the social media network as well as its messaging service, and reported issues such as not being able to load their newsfeed or send messages.
