Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were hit by a massive outage, lasting several hours, across the globe last night.<br />''<br />''All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or smartphone apps. The outage is estimated to have started around 9 P.M. IST.<br />''<br />''Users across the world, including those in India reported that they were unable to use any of the three social media services on Android, iOS and web platforms.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">A Facebook Spokesperson said, they were aware that some people were having trouble accessing their apps and products. They were working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologised for any inconvenience. The company did not specify the reason for the global outage.</span><br />