Facebook went down for a large number of users Wednesday. Instagram, which is owned and operated by Facebook, was disrupted as well. 
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Many visitors of facebook.com were greeted by error pages:
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Users of the social media platforms began reporting issues around 11:11 a.m. ET, and the outage got worse. The problems affected users on both desktop and mobile. 。

Multiple services, like Down Detector and Outage Report, had high numbers of users reporting the issues.。

Multiple services, like Down Detector and Outage Report, had high numbers of users reporting the issues.。

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Services tied to Facebook, like SocialFlow, reported issues with the platform's publishing API.。

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The page began to acknowledge "Degraded Performance" shortly after 1 p.m. ET.。

A smaller number of users also experienced technical difficulties on Instagram. The problem wasn't as widespread as the Facebook outage, but Outage Report's numbers spiked briefly for IG, too.。

Naturally, the internet turned to Twitter to vent its collective frustration at Facebook. 。

Naturally, the internet turned to Twitter to vent its collective frustration at Facebook.。

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Others were relieved to be freed from their social media shackles.。

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"We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram," a Facebook spokesperson told。

Mashable 。 in an emailed statement. "We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”

The Facebook Team posted an update on its developers page about the investigation into the buggy API performance at 12:18 p.m. EST, which it later updated to "Ongoing" shortly after 1 p.m. 。UPDATE: Oct. 11, 2017, 2:36 p.m. EDT。UPDATE: Oct. 11, 2017, 2:36 p.m. EDT
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