Facebook, Messenger and Instagram all CRASH

Facebook, Messenger and Instagram have all stopped working for some users this morning.

The Facebook-owned social media apps went down at around 09.30 GMT, according to the website Downdetector, which monitors online outages.

Users are unable to send messages and are being flashed a error message which says the app is ‘waiting for network’.  

More than half (52 per cent) of reported issues with Messenger are related to sending and receiving messages whereas the main Facebook site’s biggest reported problem is total blackout, accounting for 41 per cent of problems. 

It is currently unknown what is causing the issue and how long it will last. 

Downdetector shows thousands of people have reported issues with Facebook Messenger. More than half (52 per cent) of reported issues with Messenger are related to sending and receiving messages

This heatmap shows the concentration of user complaints posted online regarding problems with facebook Messenger. The problems are focused in Europe with some problems also coming from eastern Asia and Australia 

‘We are aware that some people are having trouble sending messages on Messenger, Instagram and Workplace Chat,’ a Facebook company spokesperson told MailOnline. 

‘We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.’ 

Facebook’s private messaging app, Messenger, appears to be facing the most significant issues, with the majority of reports coming from the UK and Europe.

Instagram and Facebook are experiencing complaints in the hundreds, but Messenger is suffering thousands, according to Downdetector.

Downdetector also recorded a big spike in users reporting problems with Facebook’s Messenger app

The Instagram map (pictured) shows a Europe-centric issue  but there are a smattering of complaints (light yellow) all around the world, including the USm Brazil, India and Russia. Australia and japan appear to be struggling with significant problems akin to Europe 

On Instagram, there was also a clear spike in the number of people reporting problems, but it was in the hundreds rather than the thousands

The main Facebook site’s biggest reported problem is total blackout, accounting for 41 per cent of problems. Pictured the location of most complaints regarding Facebook 

Frustrated users have taken to Twitter, the last remaining vestige of mainstream social media not yet owned by Mark Zuckerberg, to share their anger.   

One user wrote: ‘Either Facebook messenger is down on my phone or my wifi is extremely poor this morn. Let me text my friends back!’ 

Others quipped that due to the wide-reach of Facebook-owned apps they were left cut off and also had nothing to entertain themselves with.  

WhatsApp, which is also owned by Facebook, does not appear to be affected. 

One Twitter user called ‘I’mChicken’ said: ‘I’m here in twitter because facebook and messenger is own #fcebookmessengerdown’

Another user called Mike Covell, a historian, said: ‘#FacebookDown If you need me send a carrier pigeon.’

Sophie Hughes used Twitter to joke that with the apps offline, she may be forced to call people. ‘How will i cope?’ she adds.