Update (5:48 PM ET): Facebook appears to be back online on web and mobile. Updated headline to reflect this.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down again?? This is why!
Update (5:44 p.m. ET): Facebook Newsroom appears to be back online, which could mean the company is getting closer to resolving the outage.
Update (4:23 p.m. ET): Facebook is still down and while they're not sharing many details, Facebook has publicly apologized for the outage and said they are "experiencing network issues." At this time, the only information available on when Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and related services will be back online is "as soon as possible."
Update (2:24 PM EDT): New reports have started to surface that the DNS A and AAA records for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been wiped. Essentially, these records act as a roadmap for how your computer or device connects to that particular website. Without these records, users' devices can't connect to the servers that would normally host Facebook, which would explain why users are having so much trouble connecting to the social media site.
