Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by photo glitch

Some Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users cannot upload photos, videos and files. Facebook, which owns all three apps, said it was aware of the issue and was “working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible”. The company’s main social network, its two messaging apps and image-sharing site Instagram have billions of users.

More than 14,000 users reported issues with Instagram, while more than 7,500 and 1,600 users reported issues with Facebook and WhatsApp, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The website’s live outage map showed that the issues mainly cropped up in parts of Europe and the United States.

Many angered users posted on the rival platform Twitter to highlight the problem, which seems to be preventing images and videos from loading properly. Rival platform Twitter also had issues, with some users not able to send direct messages or receive notifications. The company apologised for the inconvenience, tweeting:  “We’re currently having some issues with DM delivery and notifications.

“We’re working on a fix and will follow up as soon as we have an update for you.” Users were still able to post on Twitter and #instagramdown began trending as many people used the site to highlight the problems with its competitors.