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Popular instant messaging application WhatsApp, social media giant Facebook and photo-sharing app Instagram on Thursday continues to suffer service outage for the second day in some parts of the world, including India.

Facebook’s messaging app Messenger is also down in some parts.

Though Facebook and Instagram users could open the apps, they experienced trouble in refreshing and uploading posts. WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram services were disrupted for users across the globe for hours on Wednesday. Facebook Messenger also suffered service disruptions.

Following the outage, users expressed anguish and reported about the inconvenience faced by them on micro-blogging site Twitter. Hashtags such as #FacebookDown, #InstagramDown and #Whatsapp continued trending on Twitter on Thursday. Gmail Down Globally; Google Initiates Investigation as Users Report Problems.

me opening and closing instagram every five minutes to see if it’s back up #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/rl8jD5a7Wx

— AMBER (@crackheadlouie) March 14, 2019

@ me trying to log back into Instagram after uninstalling and reinstalling it.#instagramdown pic.twitter.com/CyX3fhrT07

— hailey (@haileyydemming) March 14, 2019

Have been trying to post stories on @instagram & they aren't uploading.

Like like #instagramdown.

PS: App is up, but unable to upload media. https://t.co/8SkbgbvAGB

— Amit Bhawani (@amitbhawani) March 14, 2019

#Facebook is facing severe outage in several parts of the world.. The longest time the App is down in its history.. #Instagram and #WhatsApp were down also..

Cause is not known.. #Facebook is working to bring the services back.. #FacebookDown #InstagramDown #WhatsAppDown

— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) March 14, 2019

Everyone at this moment.#FacebookDown#InstagramDown#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/hsAyGlaGCD

— Balqis Sidiqia (@balqis_sidiqia) March 14, 2019

Most People who use Instagram Facebook and WhatsApp rn #instagramdown #WhatsApp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/whUiHqBuP0

— I am bored (@stardirtt) March 14, 2019

Facebook and Instagram just released this footage of their engineers trying to fix the outage! #FacebookDown #InstagramDown #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/LKsaJaQBbl

— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) March 14, 2019

"We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible," Facebook said in its initial response. The social media giant ruled out a cyber attack on its products Whatsapp, Instagram, and Messenger. "We're focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack," Facebook said.

We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

— Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019

We're focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack.

— Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019

However, Instagram a little while back tweeted the app is back.

Anddddd... we're back. pic.twitter.com/5E8UdlcsPJ

— Instagram (@instagram) March 14, 2019

By Sowmya Sangam