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UPDATE: Facebook is back up after being down for almost 45 minutes.
On Monday afternoon, Facebook went dark for many users across the world.
Most users attempting to load the social networking website got error messages on their desktops and phones.
The outage was first reported around 2:03 p.m.
@facebook Down – Malware start working in a background.#FacebookDigitalDown #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/DXyhT8qqDG
— M® ĽũÇķŷ (@attaswat) September 28, 2015
Facebook is down
— Nadine Charles (@Om_marc) September 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/guepier92/status/648575035536482304