It has been chaotic since users of some social media handles realised they could not log onto their various platforms.
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have been rendered unresponsive since 4:00 GMT.
Facebook owns all the three apps, which run on shared infrastructure, subsequently acknowledged the outage.
The company apologised for the incident and said it is "working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible."
We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021
Twitter Communications also shared similar sentiments via Twitter.
Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Bear with us, we’re on it! #instagramdown
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 4, 2021
While some businesses are lamenting the inability to execute transactions due to the development, many others are having a field day.
Here are some memes flooding Twitter as the other social networks continue to fluctuate.

*Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram are down*
— Jafrin⁷ (@antares_ojo_o) October 4, 2021
Everyone coming back to twitter:pic.twitter.com/fsa32oOLDu
WhatsApp,Facebook,and Instagram down again,the world right now switching to Twitter 😂😂#WhatsApp #facebookdown #Instagram pic.twitter.com/XpRyM4N5Jj
— Kunal GuRu (@KunalGuRu11) October 4, 2021
Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram are down now...
— Aaron Lee (@AskAaronLee) October 4, 2021
Twitter people are like..#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/MybLOeOQmr
Twitter users after finding WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook and Instagram on the trending page #WhatsApp #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/CYzq4KKmmD
— Adnan Daud Official (@Adnan__Daud) October 4, 2021
Everytime when Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram going down User rushing to Twitter to check if WhatsApp is down or not #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/Pdbt1fketA
— Ahمed (@fozail_a) October 4, 2021
Everyone coming to Twitter from the Facebook and Instagram crash 😂😂#wrestlingcommunity #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/uWqj6awgnr
— Champ Phoenix (@ashDOITZ) October 4, 2021
#facebookdown
— Akshay Chhajed (@AkshayChhajed19) October 4, 2021
me running to twitter after finding out whatsapp, facebook and instagram are down :#instagramdown #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/LUMZ0FkrmE
Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram down , Twitter surprise made fuck pic.twitter.com/rPQJ6Sz4bu
— DARK HOUSSEIN (@DarkHoussein) October 4, 2021
mark zuckerberg at the board meeting after instagram and facebook goes down pic.twitter.com/W5vKbtE7cL
— jordan🥀 (@houstonxjordan) October 4, 2021
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The author, Kenneth Awotwe Darko, is a journalist, technology enthusiast and social media analyst.
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