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The Facebook website is down, according to reports from frustrated users.
People attempting to reach the social media website on Friday were greeted with a "session expired" or "unexpected error" message.
A session expired error means the connection between a user and the website has been terminated. While this can be the result of an interrupted internet connection on the user's side, in the case of a mass outage it is usually the result of problems in a website's configuration.
Many reported being logged out of their accounts, unable to log back in and not being able to change their passwords. Others have attempted password recovery with their mobile phones but have not received a text message as part of the verification process. Downdetector, which monitors outages across the globe, is showing over 160,000 reports of Facebook being down.
The Facebook website is down, according to reports (Getty Images)Similar issues have been reported for Instagram, which is also owned by Meta. It also appears that the Meta Quest headsets are also impacted by the outage, leaving users of the VR gadget unable to login. WhatsApp does not appear to be affected.
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Describing their experience of the outage on the rival X social media platform, one person said: "I got a message saying Facebook will send me a text message to log back in but the text message isn't arriving." Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta, who have not yet confirmed the reason behind the issues, have been contacted by the Mirror for comment.