Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps are all currently down and not refreshing, users are reporting.

The sites, all owned by Facebook, went down at around 4.30pm this afternoon.

According to website DownDetector, over 39,000 reports have been detected in the 30 minutes to 5pm.

Users trying to access Facebook are greeted with an error message (below), with users of WhatsApp and Instagram able to view the apps, but new content is not appearing.

Daily Echo: The Facebook error messageThe Facebook error message

According to Downdetector, 43% of WhatsApp reports suggests problems with server connection while App (31%) and sending messages (26%) are other problem reported by users.

For Instagram, 50% of issues reported were linked to the app while server connection (27%) and website (23%) were other issues reported.

For Facebook, 78% of reports issued linked to the website, 12% of reports were linked to the app while 10% of reports were linked to server connection.

More to follow.