Whats Wrong with Facebook

Facebook went offline for several customers on Thursday, with the globe's most preferred social media network informing individuals that "something went wrong".

When checking out Facebook.com, rather than seeing the normal homescreen or information feed, individuals were greeted with an empty display and also a brief mistake message.

" Sorry, something went wrong. We're servicing it and also we'll get it repaired as soon as we can," the message reviews.

The blackout started at around 5.30 pm BST however, for the majority of users, appeared to have actually been fixed around 20 minutes after.

Down Detector, which collects reports of prominent services being down, displayed failures in the UK, Europe as well as the United States.

Certainly, people took to Twitter to have their say.

The web site decreased on Thursday mid-day and brief-ly showed up to function again for some individuals.

A spokesperson for Facebook has actually stated they are exploring what happened.

On The Other Hand, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook president, went to an occasion placed on by Oculus, the virtual reality headset company Facebook possesses.

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