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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp are offline for millions of users. Facebook has issued a statement on Twitter saying, “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app. As of 6:30PM ET, Facebook tweeted that their apps have started working again. Facebook and all of their apps are no reachable for most users, but it may take time for the fix to be available for everybody in the world. Facebook has just revealed a new data compression technique called Superpack that reduces Android app size by 20% In a post by the Facebook Engineering blog, Facebook talks about the challenge of managing application size. They state that Facebook’s developers are constantly adding new code to its mobile apps, including Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. “Left unchecked, this added code would make the app bigger and bigger until eventually the time it takes to download would become unacceptable.” Facebook has been developing the new Superpack compression technique for the past two years, which the company has said improves compression ratios significantly versus existing tools. According to Facebook software engineer Sapan Bhatia, the strength of Superpack lies in its ability to compress specific types of code such as machine code and bytecode, as well as some kinds of structured data. Read more in our articles including "Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp all offline" and "Facebook unveils Superpack compression technique".