Facebook down: Social media giant says sorry after 'outage'
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Social media users were left frustrated when the popular apps, all owned by Facebook, experienced issues earlier today.
The hashtags #FacebookDown, #instagramdown and #whatsappdown were all trending on worldwide Twitter.
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Hide AdMany people ended up turning to Twitter where they joked that they were relieved at least one popular social media platform was still working.
A spokesman for Facebook said: "Earlier today, some people may have experienced trouble connecting to the family of apps.
"The issue has since been resolved; we're sorry for any inconvenience."