Updated February 27, 2017 23:21:24

Photo: This was Ryan Gosling's reaction to the mistake. (AP/Invision: Chris Pizzello)

Within seconds of La La Land mistakenly receiving the Best Picture award at this year's Oscars, instead its rightful owner Moonlight, the internet responded with shock, horror and amusement.

Steve Harvey's Miss Universe mix-up was revived on Twitter, the Oscars blunder was compared to the US election result, and we heard from prominent Australian social media commentators the Queensland Police Service.

Here's some of the best:

Topics: academy-awards-oscars, awards-and-prizes, arts-and-entertainment, united-states

First posted February 27, 2017 19:55:29