

"We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products," Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said on Twitter. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can." Users trying to access Facebook in affected areas were greeted with the message: "Something went wrong.

Outage tracker Downdetector was showing outages in heavily populated areas like Washington and Paris, with problems being reported from around 1545 GMT. "Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Instagram urged its users to bear with them.
