Facebook is DOWN as Thousands of user across North and South America report a total blackout.
The social media platform is experiencing an outage across North America, with major cities such as Chicago and Boston in the US, along with Montreal in Canada, Mexico City to the south and parts of South America.
Issue reports began to slow trickle in to DownDetector.com around 4pm ET with users citing problems with News Feed, logging in or accessing the platform entirely.
Both the app and desktop site seem to be experiencing glitches, with more than 11,000 users plagued with issues.