WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram down for many users

WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram down for many users

Facebook Inc's platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages might be affecting a larger number of users.