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Facebook Messenger, Instagram are down in Manila, parts of Asia and Europe

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Facebook Messenger, Instagram are down in Manila, parts of Asia and Europe

MESSENGER. This illustration picture taken on July 24, 2019, in Paris shows the logo of the instant messaging application of Facebook called Messenger on the screen of a tablet.

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Aside from Manila, Singapore, and Bangladesh, users in Poland and Hungary are sending plenty of reports of Messenger issues to monitoring service DownDetector

Many Facebook Messenger and Instagram users in parts of the Philippines were having trouble accessing their accounts or sending out messages on Thursday evening, December 10.

Internet downtime monitoring service DownDetector, which aggregates reports of troubles of various online services, noted an increase in reports of troubles with Facebook Messenger as of late Thursday afternoon.

DownDetector also noted reports of Instagram having problems moving into the evening.

DownDetector’s map noted Manila as being a main portion of where the Messenger outage is located in Asia, alongside Singapore and Bangladesh. Manila, Singapore, and Delhi in India, meanwhile, also received numerous reports citing Instagram issues relating to its news feed.

As of this posting, the Twitter hashtag #Messengerdown is still trending in the Philippines following the downtime.

A number of European locales also appear to be affected by the Messenger and Instagram downtime. Poland and Hungary have the most reports at present related to Messenger, while Athens in Greece, Paris in France, and London are reporting Instagram issues.

Rappler has reached out to Facebook for more information. – Rappler.com

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