Facebook says it’s aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram

Police are asking the public to stop calling triple-zero about the Facebook and Instagram outage and this presenter’s face says it all.

Facebook is continuing to work to resolve outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram as global users have been left unable to use the services for hours.

According to downdector.com, which monitors network outages across the globe, the outages started around 3am AEDT in parts of the United States, parts of Europe, Asia and Australia.

Early this morning Facebook said it was working to understand the problem but nearly eight hours later the company has not still found a fix.

The social media giant said it was not a DDoS attack, a type of attack that hackers use to interrupt service to a site by flooding it with traffic.

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

Queensland police reportedly issued a warning to the public while the SES in South Australia took to twitter to also remind people not call emergency services.

Channel 7 presenter Natalie Barr relayed the apparent message from Queensland police on Sunrise this morning, delivered with a look of a mother who can’t believe she actually has to tell her kids not to stuff spaghetti down their pants at the dinner table.

We know Facebook & Instagram are down. Please don't call triple zero to let us know. https://t.co/WBXmCsn11g

— SA SES (@SA_SES) March 13, 2019

So #Facebookdown hey......... pic.twitter.com/dWRojIR5zq

— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) March 13, 2019

Apparently Africa seems to have escaped the worst, according to the global outage map on downdetector.com.au.

Both Facebook’s desktop site and app appeared to be affected. News.com.au has contacted Facebook Australia for comment.

Some users saw a message that said Facebook was down for “required maintenance”.

As of about 11:30am, some users reported being able to use the desktop service again. The Facebook mobile app also appears to functioning properly.

After hours without the popular social media platforms, many users took to Twitter to express their dismay this morning.

Facebook and Instagram users coming to Twitter to see why it's not working #FacebookDown #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/LyIv4JJcLe

— OfficialWilly2.0 (@therealwill17) March 13, 2019

Facebook users that migrated to twitter be like... #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/2JVAOGcrcM

— Klay Kuban (@klaykuban) March 13, 2019

Facebook and Insta have been down going on 7 hours now.....#FacebookDown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/VMO4MmQBu5

— Misty Lee (@mitlee22) March 13, 2019

Time to fire this back up. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/Q3x9BQEin8

— Lawrence Champness (@champy) March 13, 2019

Originally published as Facebook says it’s aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram