Social network Facebook became inaccessible across much of the globe for a time on Tuesday, before returning to normal service.
Millions of users were unable to access their accounts.
Users in some countries also had difficulties accessing photo-sharing app Instagram.
Facebook in the UK and Ireland said it was "aware that many people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram".
"We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible," a spokeswoman said.
An Instagram spokesman posted on Twitter: "We're aware of an outage affecting Instagram and are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience."
The sites appear to have been unavailable for about 40 minutes before coming back online.
Dating app Tinder and chat services Aim and Hipchat were also reported to have been affected by problems over the period.
A hacker group called Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the outage. The group was linked to an attack on Malaysia Airlines' website on Monday and previously said it had caused Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming services to go offline.
However, the BBC understands that Facebook is investigating another potential cause.
Some users took to Twitter to comment on the outage on Tuesday.
"I hope you all took advantage of the 35 second Facebook outage to Like a person in real life. #Faceboogeddon," wrote media analyst Arthur Goldstuck.
"While Facebook was down, I nailed a picture of my breakfast to a tree outside our house. Seven people have knocked to say they liked it," wrote Alistair Coleman.
Source:bbc
Social network Facebook became inaccessible across much of the globe for a time on Tuesday, before returning to normal service.
Millions of users were unable to access their accounts.
Users in some countries also had difficulties accessing photo-sharing app Instagram.
Facebook in the UK and Ireland said it was "aware that many people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram".
"We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible," a spokeswoman said.
An Instagram spokesman posted on Twitter: "We're aware of an outage affecting Instagram and are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience."
The sites appear to have been unavailable for about 40 minutes before coming back online.
Dating app Tinder and chat services Aim and Hipchat were also reported to have been affected by problems over the period.
A hacker group called Lizard Squad claimed responsibility for the outage. The group was linked to an attack on Malaysia Airlines' website on Monday and previously said it had caused Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming services to go offline.
However, the BBC understands that Facebook is investigating another potential cause.
Some users took to Twitter to comment on the outage on Tuesday.
"I hope you all took advantage of the 35 second Facebook outage to Like a person in real life. #Faceboogeddon," wrote media analyst Arthur Goldstuck.
"While Facebook was down, I nailed a picture of my breakfast to a tree outside our house. Seven people have knocked to say they liked it," wrote Alistair Coleman.
Source:bbc
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