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FACEBOOK and Instagram have gone down in a massive social media outage.

Hundreds of users have reported that they cannot comment or read comments on the popular Meta-owned apps.

While the feed, profiles and stories loaded for many, it seemed like the comments were the biggest problem on Instagram.

Nearly 500 reports of problems on Insta have been flagged at the time of writing, according to downdetector.

The outage tracking website saw a spike in the number of reports today just before 1pm.

Some users found they encountered other technical problems while using the meta-owned apps.

WILL Best rose to prominence on MTV and is riding high in his career as one of the hosts of Big Brother.

He’s returning to host Celebrity Big Brother 2025 alongside AJ Odudu, which starts on April 7 on ITV.

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Who is Will Best? 

Will Best was born in London on February 21, 1985, but raised in the market town of Tadcaster in Leeds.

He is a television presenter and entrepreneur.

The talented star has worked for all the big broadcasters, including Channel 4, ITV and the BBC.

Will is also popular on Instagram, and fans can follow him on @iamwillbest.

He is the co-founder of audiosplitter.fm.

The budding entrepreneur launched the electronic music sharing site in 2015.

In 2017, Will and his friend Henry Farnham set up a drinks company, Bloody Drinks, specialising in canned Bloody Mary cocktails.

It’s even stocked in Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, and a host of other shops and bars across the UK.

Finding fame

Will kicked off his presenting career on MTV.

Teaming up with Girls Aloud’s Kimberley Walsh, he presented a series called Suck My Pop on VIVA, as well voicing the MTV Top 20 chart.

He went on to join the T4 family in 2011, hosting the show’s annual T4 On The Beach series and other slots.

A familiar face at music festivals, in 2012 and 2013, Will hosted Channel 4’s coverage of the iTunes Festival alongside Nick Grimshaw.

You know you’ve made it in the music industry once you’ve got Simon Cowell’s stamp of approval and Will was lucky enough to team up with the mogul on an online TV project.

You Generation TV was a weekly global show which searched for talented viewers.

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Will also hosted a live Skype slot titled Ask Simon, from The X Factor judge’s LA home.

The popular presenter joined Dance, Dance, Dance in 2017 alongside Alesha Dixon.

Becoming a Big Brother star

In 2023, Will landed his biggest show to date, when he got the job of hosting the rebooted Big Brother for ITV alongside AJ Odudu.

The pair have been friends for years, and worked together at 4Music when they were just starting their careers.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun about Big Brother 2024, Will said: “I’m excited about the tasks.

“I’ve been speaking to a few members of the team and I think they’ve raised the bar even further this series.”

Getting engaged

Will isn’t married but he is engaged to his long term girlfriend, Tobi Rose.

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In July 2024, he finally popped the question, with a source telling The Sun at the time that the pair “couldn’t be happier”.

They added: “Naturally they are both overjoyed and can’t wait to celebrate making it down the aisle.

“There are no plans locked in at the moment.

“Due to both of their jobs they have a lot of celebrity pals – even if they don’t mix in so-called celebrity circles so the guest list will be impressive.”

The TV star has been with his girlfriend since 2010.

The pair live together and share an adorable pet dog.

On their anniversary Will shared a sweet snap of the pair of them to celebrate a big milestone.

He wrote next to it: “12 years ago today I met this truly one in a 7.88 billion human being.

“She was even my first ever Insta post. And if you scroll right you’ll see that, as well as being the love of my life, she’s also frighteningly true to her word.”

RUGBY legend Brian O’Driscoll has been slapped with compliance notices after a string of social media posts failed to meet guidelines.

The former Irish rugby ace, alongside fitness coach Caroline O’Mahony, has been served after breaching consumer law.

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The notice came after O’Driscoll failed to disclose the commercial aspect of posts online.

He is one of 26 influencers contacted by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in April 2024, with a following of 370,000 people.

O’Mahony, who was also warned, boasts a whopping 882,000 followers.

Major supermarkets and businesses were also hit with notices, with Dunnes Stores and Aldi getting hit.

He was initially given a warning of his legal obligation to label certain content as being ads.

The 46-year-old was then served with the compliance notice as the CCPC found posts had continued to breach consumer law.

The news comes as breaches were published as part of the CCPC’s 2024 Consumer Protection List.

This published the organisations that were in breach of the law within the last year.

The 2024 list is the first time actions taken against social media influencers have been included.

The CCPC confirmed that there are ongoing investigations underway for several influencers.

INSPECTIONS ONGOING

Chairperson of the CCPC Brian McHugh said: “Influencer marketing on social media can significantly shape consumers’ opinions and purchasing behaviours so it’s important that when a consumer sees commercial content on social media, they can instantly recognise it for what it is.

“Our research shows that almost a quarter of consumers who purchased a product as a result of an influencer promoting it subsequently felt misled.

“We will continue to conduct regular unannounced inspections and would remind influencers that they need to follow the law or potentially face legal consequences.”

TRADERS HIT

As well as social media influencers being hit, the list also included 20 traders hit with notices and five prosecuted in court.

These traders appearing in court included Tesco and Homesavers.

Some 47 fines were served on other retailers such as Aldi, Brown Thomas, Currys, Dunnes Stores, Londis and Spar.

The causes of these ranged from misleading customers by posting incorrect prices to failing to post the price entirely.

McHugh added: “Currently, the level of fines that can be issued for breaches of consumer protection law is not a deterrent for large businesses and that is why we are calling on the Government to give us the power to issue meaningful fines to companies breaking consumer law.

“Allowing the CCPC to directly impose large fines would send a clear signal to businesses that they must treat consumers fairly or face serious consequences.”

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