WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram down in India; hilarious memes flood Twitter

Facebook Inc's platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram were down for thousands of users across the globe on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages might be affecting a larger number of users.

And soon after the news of the Facebook Inc's platforms being down spread, a meme-fest began on Twitter and hashtags #whatsappdown #facebookdown started tending. 

Whatsapp, facebook and instagram users arriving at twitter just to check if it's down #whatsappdown  pic.twitter.com/lIxmh9UmW1

— Tejas R Patel (@TejasrPatel6) March 19, 2021

Me after coming to Twitter and seeing everyone’s WhatsApp is down and not just mine #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/LXTzlB8u3i

— NOT.I.AM.HARGUN (@notiamhargun) March 19, 2021

#whatsappdown
WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook down.

Twitter headquarters : pic.twitter.com/QanUW8eN5g

— Pratham Prem (@_prathamprem_) March 19, 2021

Me changing connection from data to Wi-Fi and whatsapp still not working 
Me Also Using Airplane mode #whatsappdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/qqbUeTlRtg

— Amrendra Tiwari (@Amrendra_123) March 19, 2021

Everyone running to twitter to confirm that WhatsApp is down. #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/4XpC0ApQDn

— Naman Rai (@NamanRai05) March 19, 2021

Downdetector showed there were more than 1.2 million incidents of people reporting issues with Instagram, while over 23,000 users posted about issues with WhatsApp on the website.