'Nagloloko': Users report glitch on Facebook, Instagram

MANILA —Facebook and Instagram users in several parts of the world reported that the social network sites were not working properly Wednesday night.

Tracking website DownDetector.com received thousands of reports that images were not loading while others experienced login issues.

It reported over 7,600 outages on Facebook while almost 15,000 outages on Instagram.

Users in the Philippines, Singapore, Europe and America were among those affected by the glitch.

The hashtags #facebookdown and #instagramdown quickly topped Twitter's trending topics worldwide.

In the Philippines, "nagloloko" or not working properly was among the top Twitter trends.

The California-based tech giant, which has a combined usership of 3 billion from both sites, acknowledged the issues in tweets.

"We’re aware that some people are having trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on our apps. We're sorry for the trouble and are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible," Facebook and Instagram wrote on their respective Twitter accounts.

source: news.abs-cbn.com

Facebook down in PH, parts of the world

MANILA--Facebook users in several parts of the world reported the social network was inaccessible late Wednesday and early morning Thursday.

The tech giant said it is working to fix the problem.

"We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps," Facebook said in a statement.

The Facebook outage map by downdetector.com shows the Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United States among those that experienced the glitch.

The hashtag #facebookdown quickly topped Twitter's trending topics worldwide.

source: news.abs-cbn.com