Update (December 05):

Well, Facebook acted quickly to fix whatever caused the glitch. But the way everyone was logged out of their account did trigger speculations that was there some sort of security breach?

Original story follows:

Last month, Facebook and related services suffered a major downtime which lasted for at least a couple of hours. And today, it’s coming to light that the world’s largest social network is down again in many regions around the world.

While information is scarce at the moment, we are seeing users taking to social media platforms to share that they are not able to log into the service. Take a look:

https://twitter.com/NoorFatimaKhan1/status/1070312531514834945

While we collect more information on the matter, you can follows the #facebookdown hastag on Twitter for continuous user updates on the matter.

This story is developing….

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Himanshu Arora
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My interest in technology and writing started back in 2010. Since then, I have written for many leading publications, including Computerworld, GSMArena, TechSpot, HowtoForge, LinuxJournal, and MakeTechEasier to name a few. Here at PiunikaWeb, my work involves covering on daily basis the biggest tech stories as well as scoops that you won't find anywhere else.

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