users report issues around the world

Facebook’s three best digital platforms -Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp- they fell massively this Monday at noon, with users around the world reporting access issues.

According to the site Failure detector, which monitors the state of the most popular sites and social networks, the incident that affected the three platforms owned by Mark Zuckerberg began minutes after 12:30 p.m. (Argentina time) and the reach was global.

WhatsApp could not connect to the server: when sending a message he was stuck with the famous “watchmaking”. From the web version, the message appeared that the URL could not communicate with the phone.

Facebook, meanwhile, was unable to establish a connection of any kind or update the departure. The flaw also affected Messenger, the social network’s messaging platform.

In Instagram’s case, a poster warned that “Unable to update the feed”While some users weren’t even loaded with the latest posts or stories.

While waiting for one of the companies to communicate the details of the incident and the expected deadlines for the return of the service, the early reports assumed it was a DNS failure.

The Domain name system it is likened to a web page phone book because it is a technology that establishes the IP address that should be used when people attempt to access specific web pages.

News in development.

SL