Meta has confirmed that a 'technical issue' causing widespread outages on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram has been resolved. The disruption lasted approximately two hours on Tuesday, leaving hundreds of thousands of users worldwide unable to access the platforms.
Users attempting to log in encountered error messages and could not refresh their feeds. Meta apologised to those affected, stating it resolved the problem as quickly as possible. Downdetector, a website that tracks outages, indicated the issue impacted multiple countries.
Meta's platforms are among the most popular globally, with Facebook boasting three billion active monthly users and Instagram expected to reach 1.4 billion later this year. Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter launched in 2023, also experienced outages, while WhatsApp remained unaffected.
The incident is the largest since 2021, when a six-hour outage affected Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, prompting an apology from founder Mark Zuckerberg.
