<p class="title">Facebook users around the world reported the social network was briefly inaccessible Monday, with many taking to Twitter to voice their frustration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reports of issues on the downdetector.com website began around 2100 GMT, with users particularly affected in North America and Europe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The outage lasted less than 90 minutes before normal service resumed. Some users had read-only access while others were unable to log in.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Earlier today, a networking issue caused some people to have trouble accessing or posting to various Facebook services," a Facebook spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We quickly investigated and started restoring access, and we have nearly fixed the issue for everyone. We're sorry for the inconvenience."</p>
<p class="title">Facebook users around the world reported the social network was briefly inaccessible Monday, with many taking to Twitter to voice their frustration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reports of issues on the downdetector.com website began around 2100 GMT, with users particularly affected in North America and Europe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The outage lasted less than 90 minutes before normal service resumed. Some users had read-only access while others were unable to log in.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Earlier today, a networking issue caused some people to have trouble accessing or posting to various Facebook services," a Facebook spokesman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We quickly investigated and started restoring access, and we have nearly fixed the issue for everyone. We're sorry for the inconvenience."</p>