Users trying to do so were met with an error message that stated: "There was a problem updating your status. Please try again in a few minutes."
"Facebook status update issues are not uncommon, but this one seems global - we've tested it from several IPs and received the same message," technology website Mashable.com reported.
Downrightnow.com, which monitors service outages on major websites, reported at 9:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) that Facebook had encountered a "likely service disruption."
There was no immediate comment from Facebook, but the problem was sufficiently widespread for #facebookdown to become a trending hashtag on Twitter.
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