Facebook is apparently unavailable to UK users, along with Instagram
Social media sites Facebook and Instagram appear to available for UK users again after being down briefly.
The sites both appeared with error messages and users had been complaining on Twitter, while 40-minute outages were also reported in the US and Asia.
A hacking group appeared to claim responsibility for taking down the two services.
Facebook had 1.25 billion monthly active users at the end of September last year, while its photo-sharing service Instagram has 300 million active monthly users uploading around 70 million photos per day.
A hacking group called Lizard Squad tweeted “Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, Hipchat #offline #LizardSquad”.
Yesterday it attacked the website of Malaysia Airlines, which was offline for at least seven hours, replaced by a message from the group.
Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for several hacks over the past year, most of them aimed at gaming or media companies.
Last year it claimed it was behind attacks on Sony’s online PlayStation network and Microsoft’s Xbox site.
Did you notice Facebook went down? Hacking group claim responsibility
