Without any sign of an explanation or warning, Facebook users all over the world woke up to their accounts disabled. Those trying to access their locked accounts were simply met with a message that said “Your Facebook account was disabled because it did not follow our Community Standards. This decision can’t be reversed.”

Meta, the parent company of Facebook has said that investigations into the issue are underway. Andy Stone, the companies Policy Communications Director tweeted regarding the issue.

The issue has reportedly since been fixed and account access has been restored. However, there has been no news revealing what caused the issue or how many accounts were affected.

Despite the quick fix, responses on Twitter demanded answers and complained about the service.

As of December 2020, Australia had 17,680,000 Facebook users, just under 70% of the population. Facebook have established themselves as a service people are now dependent on, meaning outages are understandably met with frustration, as peoples entire lives and schedules are affected.