Facebook blackout silences social network – for 20mins

Longest Facebook blackout 'in recent history' sends users flooding onto Twitter

Facebook app on smartphone
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Facebook went offline this morning, leaving users unable to access the site.

For about 20 minutes after 9am UK time the social media's website delivered an error message telling users that their accounts were "temporarily unavailable".

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