The Facebook web page indicates an error on Monday, November 12, 2018. Facebook has suffered a widespread crash. (Photo: United States today, Facebook)

Did Facebook come down for you on Monday? You were not alone.

The most popular social network was turned off early Monday afternoon, telling users who were trying to access his site that noncompliant error messages were saying "Sorry, something is wrong". We are working on it and we will fix it as soon as possible. "

The outage has cut the main Facebook website for some users and has made the use of Facebook Messenger difficult. Instagram and WhatsApp, two of Facebook's other major social platforms, seemed to be working well, although some users reported issues.

After half an hour offline, the social network seemed to be working again around 1:30 pm. AND.

In a statement provided to USA TODAY, a Facebook spokesman said the blackout was the result of a "routine test".

"Earlier in the day, a routine test prevented users from accessing all of Facebook's services, including WhatsApp and Instagram, and publishing them." We quickly reviewed and restored access for all We are sorry for the inconvenience. "

The company did not explain in detail whether the test was planned or if the failure was the result of a problem with the test.

As it became common with Recent Internet crashes have prompted users to rush to Twitter, with #FacebookDown leading the news in the US and around the world.

Some sent Facebook "thoughts and prayers".

For others, well, the breakdown was a sign to get back to work.

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