Social Media Outages
Facebook and Instagram suffered massive outages, affecting potentially millions of users worldwide. The issue also impacted Threads, Facebook Messenger, and briefly WhatsApp. Reports on Down Detector exceeded 90,000 for Facebook and 15,000 for Instagram, with more than half a million users in the US reporting the outage. Meta-owned platforms acknowledged the issue and are working on resolving it.
Key Points
- Massive outages on Facebook and Instagram affected millions of users globally
- Issues also impacted Threads, Facebook Messenger, and briefly WhatsApp
- Reports exceeded 90,000 for Facebook and 15,000 for Instagram on Down Detector
- Meta-owned platforms acknowledged the issue and are working on resolving it