Sorry something Went Wrong Facebook Error

Facebook went offline for numerous customers on Thursday, with the globe's most prominent social media network telling users that "something failed".

When visiting Facebook.com, rather than seeing the normal homescreen or news feed, individuals were welcomed with a blank screen as well as a short mistake message.

" Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it repaired as soon as we can," the message checks out.

The interruption began at around 5.30 pm BST yet, for many users, appeared to have actually been settled around 20 mins after.

Down Detector, which collates records of popular services being down, presented failures in the UK, Europe and the US.

Naturally, individuals required to Twitter to have their say.

The web site dropped on Thursday mid-day and also brief-ly appeared to function again for some users.

A representative for Facebook has actually said they are looking into what happened.

At The Same Time, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook chief executive, was at an event placed on by Oculus, the virtual reality headset firm Facebook owns.

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