Facebook and Instagram back online after 14-hour outage - here's what happenedFacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all back online and working as normal after a 14-hour outage left many users unable to post updates.Facebook and Instagram both started experiencing difficulty at around 4pm GMT on March 13, according to data from website Downdetector, which monitors online outages. WhatsApp users also started reporting issues from around 6pm GMT, with some users claiming they were unable to send messages. Responding to rumours posted on other social networks, Facebook said the outages were not a result of a cyber attack. "Since Facebook uses its own backbone network, it's not clear how an external transit route issue would cause a disruption within the internal Facebook network," the spokesperson said. SEE ALSO :Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and MessengerFacebook, which gets much its revenue from advertising, is still investigating the overall impact of the outages, "including the possibility of refunds for advertisers".

Source: Standard Digital March 14, 2019 10:07 UTC