FACEBOOK, Instagram and WhatsApp went down in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe as users reported issues with sending messages and posting.
According to Down Detector, users of the social networks began reporting outages with the app shortly after 12pm eastern time on Friday.
Users immediately began flooding Twitter with complaints about the outages, as one person wrote: "Can't post on facebook or Instagram… AGAIN."
A second person tweeted: "Getting really tired of the Facebook platform being unreliable. Has anybody found a viable alternative? I am ready to go as soon as one exists."
A third user said: "Unable to send photos on messenger, accounts keep disappearing. Comments aren’t posting."
An IG user wrote: "Me switching from wifi to 4G internet but instagram still down #instagramdown."
This is the second major outage Facebook has faced this week after over a dozen apps went down on Tuesday.
Along with Facebook, The New York Times, Target, Fitbit, Google, Snapchat, The Home Depot, Discord, Nest, Spotify, Etsy, Lowe's, Shopify, and Amazon Web Services, all experienced global outages on Tuesday.
During the November 16 outage, issues users reported ranged from troubles with a company's main website and the inability to login to the app or access core features.
During Tuesday's outages, several companies began addressing the issues and what was causing them.
Spotify addressed the outage in a tweet, saying: "We're aware of some issues right now and are checking them out! We'll keep you posted."
Discord, an instant messaging and digital distribution platform, said a "service interruption" was causing their issues.
"There was a service interruption. We are investigating what happened, if you want to take a look, we are updating the situation here," the company said on Twitter.
In an incident report published on Google Cloud's dashboard, the company confirmed the ongoing global outage affecting platform networking.
"Many Snapchatters are having trouble using the app. Hang tight, we're working on a fix 🛠 In the meantime, we recommend staying logged in." Snapchat Support tweeted after user reports.
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