Are WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger down? Here’s how to check

There were multiple reports on Twitter that WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger went down on Friday. All three services seemed to suffer a lengthy outage. However, Facebook itself may have stayed running.

Editors at Pocket-lint both in the UK and the US reported not being able to send messages or use WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger. The appearance of error messages seemed to vary, however, with Instagram showing a “5xx Server Error” or that it was unable to refresh the feed, while WhatsApp and Messenger showed a clock icon next to messages that aren’t being delivered.

If you ever want to check the status of these services to see if they’re down or up, simply check out a site like Down Detector: