Facebook announced that the decline in its service was due to a change in the configuration of a server.

Facebook announced on Thursday that a change in the configuration of one of its servers had resulted in the downfall of its key online services, including the social network that bears the company's name, Messenger, service messaging of this social network. Instagram and your email service WhatsApp.

"Yesterday, as a result of a change of configuration of a server, many people have had problems accessing our applications and services.The company reported on his Twitter account.

"We have already solved the problems and our systems are recovering. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate everyone's patience, "he added.

For several hours, it was not possible to update the pages or publish content., as reported by network users.

In turn, the courier service WhatsApp He also suffered from serious deficiencies, such as the impossibility of sending audio and multimedia files.

In the case of Facebook, one of the most affected functions was his private courier service, Messenger; while in the case of Instagram, there were problems when publishing content in the feed and in the stories.

Some media have described the fall of Facebook yesterday as the most important in history. On Twitter, there were plenty of hashtags #facebookdown or #instagramdown, which read messages between plaintiffs and irony.

At the opening of the session on Thursday, the action of the US giant fell about 2.5%, and then recovered slightly. At around 14:20 GMT, it was down 1.94% to $ 170.00.

In November of last year, Facebook had suffered a fall due to a server problem, while September 's failure was due to "network problems".

The absence of Facebook, meanwhile, has been beneficial for social network competitors such as Twitter or the Telegram messaging service, which, according to its founder, Pavel Durov, has won 3 million users at last 24 hours.