Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp services down for users

Users claimed that popular social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook were down in various regions of the world on Monday evening.

Around 9 pm Indian time, users reported on Twitter that the prominent social networking and communication sites were unreachable.

"We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible, " said WhatsApp in an official statement.

Facebook owns all these four most downloaded applications: Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

Facebook confirmed the issue on its Twitter feed, and said it's "working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible."

Outage tracking website DownDetector shows complaints of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp not working.

Users have taken to Twitter to complain that they are not able to use the services.