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Facebook And Instagram Are Down

Pamela EngelJan 27, 2015, 12:22 IST

Facebook and Instagram are down on the web and on mobile, according to The Next Web.

Users are also experiencing problems with Tinder, AIM, and Hipchat, according to Engadget and reports on Twitter (which is still operating fine).

The Associated Press reports that the outage is affecting users in the US and Asia.

Here are what some people are seeing when trying to connect to Facebook:

Instagram acknowledged the outage on its Twitter account:

Hackers are claiming responsibility for the outages, but this has not yet been confirmed.

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