Chandigarh, March 5
World’s two largest social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, experienced a sudden shutdown today, leaving millions of users sharing hilarious memes on X.
Everyone on their way to X/Twitter when Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are down #facebookdownpic.twitter.com/HLUjihvwJx
— Kieran Tiu (@imkierantiu) March 5, 2024
Everybody checking twitter to see if facebook is down for everyone else #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/Yq1WTsfsqp
— Pizza Dad (@Pizza__Dad) March 5, 2024
Facebook and Instagram users flocking to X to check if these websites are down#facebookdown #instagramdownpic.twitter.com/IZwgjmlMx5
— Heisenberg (@rovvmut_) March 5, 2024
#facebookdown
Zuckerberg right now 😂 pic.twitter.com/iqMa0jRxJ8— Memefied (@Memefied_O) March 5, 2024
The outage sent social media users into a frenzy as they tried to access their social media accounts, only to be met with error messages.
Hashtags such as #facebookdown and #instagramdown began trending worldwide, with users sharing their experiences and checking if others were also affected by the outage.
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