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Facebook, Instagram go down for 40 minutes; Internet freaks out

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Jan 27, 2015

Facebook and Instagram suffered worldwide outages for about 40 minutes early Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.

Other applications, including AIM and Tinder, also appeared to be down. Service was restored to many users just after 2 a.m. ET.

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Naturally, users turned to Twitter to vent their frustrations during the outages. Click here or scroll down to take a look at what they had to say.

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