Facebook goes down, leaving thousands of users across the U.S. and Europe unable access pages

Facebook goes down, leaving thousands of users across the U.S. and Europe unable access their social media pages and others report finding PORN in their video feeds

  • Facebook went down for thousands of users on Friday night
  • The outages were being reported across the US and Europe
  • Problems prevented users from seeing pictures and accessing news feeds 
  • Many accessing the website and app from their phone were logged out entirely

Facebook appeared to be offline on Friday night to some users in the United States and Europe leaving thousands of users across the globe unable to access their profiles or use the chat services during a widespread outage.  

Downdetector.com which measures website problems saw the problems start to occur around 10pm EST. 

The most common issue appeared to revolve around those attempting to log in to the site – which they were unable to do. 

Those attempting to open their Facebook app on their phones were signed out and upon attempting to sign in. Some users reported their video feeds were full of pornographic videos.

It’s unclear if Facebook had been hacked, or if it was a systems outage. Facebook has not issued a statement. 

Facebook appeared to be offline on Friday night to some users in the United States and Europe leaving thousands of users across the globe unable to access their profiles or use the chat services during a widespread outage

Facebook appeared to be offline on Friday night to some users in the United States and Europe leaving thousands of users across the globe unable to access their profiles or use the chat services during a widespread outage

‘Thank goodness it’s not just me i was getting super worried… also said session expired for me and i’m not receiving the code when my phone number on file is most definitely correct,’ wrote one user online.

‘Session expired – says password is invalid. When try to reset it says my account doesn’t exist!’ added another frustrated user.

‘My boyfriend and I have both been logged out. It will not let me trusted contacts recover my account. I have no access to my email and it will not send me the code. I know my password is correct because I changed it yesterday,’ chimed another frustrated Facebook user. 

Users across the United States appeared to be unable to log in to the site, especially on phones

The site appeared to run trouble-free for much of the day until 10pm EST when issues started

The site appeared to run trouble-free for much of the day until 10pm EST when issues started

Some users who managed to regain access to their accounts said that the were bombarded with pornography when looking at the video section of the site.

‘All joking side , there is a serious issue right now with Facebook. Please read and keep your kids FAR AWAY from this app right now. YIKES,’ wrote Mary Katherine Backstrom.

‘If you go to Facebook Watch and type in ‘videos’, It is all porn… Definitely keep your kiddos off in case something pops up.’

The NYPD also released a statement on Twitter regarding the outage. 

‘Did you get logged out of Facebook today? You’re not alone, it seems a lot of other people did too.

‘While we’re not sure why it happened, this is another good reminder to change your passwords on your social media accounts & use a secure password manager to store your new ones.’ 

Several people noted the Facebook outages on other social media platforms that were still up

Several people noted the Facebook outages on other social media platforms that were still up

source: dailymail.co.uk