Worldwide, users complained on Friday that three popular services were not working: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were apparently offline. Various interruption platforms reported a huge increase in connectivity problems from 6 pm onwards. In Austria alone, 15,749 malfunctions were reported on the website at 6:30 pm.

When logging into the app on Instagram and Facebook, users received only one error message: “The feed cannot be reloaded.” Messages cannot be received or sent on WhatsApp, but some users reported being able to access Facebook via a browser.

All three services belong to the Facebook group. If you tried to access Instagram through a browser, a “5xx” error message occurred. It was probably software giant server problems. Meanwhile, the malfunction has apparently been eliminated and all platforms are functioning again as usual.