NEW YORK – Facebook
users have been complaining about problems at the social media site.
Users in the U.S. and other countries reported
problems beginning Saturday
morning. Some could not log in, and the site was unusually slow
and glitchy for others. Users in London, Bangkok and Mexico City reported problems.
Many used Twitter to complain.
Facebook spokesman Matt Hicks it was a "small
percentage of users" who had problems accessing Facebook, their friends'
profiles or specific site features because of an isolated server
problem.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, Facebook said it had restored
access to the users who were having access problems.
Facebook, which has more than 400 million users, has
generally avoided such hiccups. Twitter has had bigger problems. Last
August, hackers shut down the short messaging service for several hours.
Facebook also experienced problems, but it was never shut down
completely.