Logged out of Facebook? You’re not alone and Facebook says it’s ‘working to get things back to normal’
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“Why am I logged out of Facebook?” The question ricocheted around the internet as an untold number of people across the nation found themselves logged out of their apps Friday night.
If this happened to you, you are not alone.
Users flocked to Twitter with the hashtags #SoFacebook and #FacebookDown quickly becoming a top trending topic in the United States.
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Facebook blames a configuration change for logouts and confirmed to USA TODAY that some users were having problems.
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“We’re looking into reports that some people are currently having to login again to access their Facebook accounts,” the company said in a statement to USA TODAY. “We believe this was due to a configuration change and we’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”
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According to Downdetector.com, which tracks outages, thousands of users reported problems with Facebook Friday. Some users say they were able to log back in while others said they were waiting to receive a code from Facebook.
Among U.S. adults who use Facebook, nearly three-quarters visit the site at least once a day, Pew Research reported in 2019.
Follow USA TODAY reporter Jessica Guynn and Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @jguynn and @KellyTyko
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Logged out of Facebook? You’re not alone and Facebook blames configuration change for logouts