Meta-owned platforms -- Instagram and
-- are experiencing widespread
outage
. Facebook and Instagram users across the globe, including India, seems to be facing the glitch. Several users have posted screenshots about facing problems with these two social media platforms on X, formerly Twitter.
Meta confirms the outage
Andy Stone, Meta's head communications, acknowledged the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now," he wrote.
Instagram, Facebook down globally
Several users have reported of the outage on the Internet traffic monitoring website Downdetector as well. As per users reports on Downdetector, the outage on Instagram and Facebook started around 7:32pm and peaked at 9:00pm. The down time report indicates that around three and half lakh users reported the issues with Instagram, while approximately 3,53,000 users about problems accessing Facebook.
Problems that users are experiencing
User reports indicate that around 70% of users are facing issues with the Instagram app, while 27% have reported issues with the feed and 10% are facing issues with login. On the other hand, around 75% Facebook users have reported issues while login into their Facebook account and 27% with the app and 10% with the website.
The outage comes just a day before the deadline for Meta and other tech giants, including Apple and Google, to comply with the Digital Markets Act, the new European Union law that aims to increase competition in the digital economy.
London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks said on X that four Meta platforms -- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads -- were “currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries.”
WhatsApp Business too down for some users
Meta's status dashboard showed the application programming interface for WhatsApp Business was also facing issues. There were around 200 reports of outages for WhatsApp on Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including users.
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