Facebook, Instagram Whatsapp Suffer Outages

At around noon EDT, all three social media sites, owned and controlled by Menlo Park, California-based Facebook Inc., went offline.

In a statement to NBC News on Monday, a Facebook representative stated, “We’re aware that some individuals are having problems accessing our applications and products.” “We’re working hard to restore normalcy as soon as possible, and we regret for any inconvenience.”

WhatsApp said in a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, “We’re working to restore normalcy and will provide an update as soon as possible. Thank you for being so patient!”