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Facebook, Instagram and threads are experiencing technical issues, causing temporary disruptions worldwide. Many users are having trouble messaging, and Meta has not yet commented on the cause of the outage.
Around 11:30 pm on Wednesday, many users experienced login issues with the web version of WhatsApp, receiving a ‘service not available’ message. The mobile app also failed to send messages. Similarly, users faced issues on Instagram and Facebook, unable to see new posts despite refreshing their feeds. Reports of service outages for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram were widespread.
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On Facebook, it simply says “We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.”
Downdetector reports significant outages for Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, affecting many users. Instagram has over 70,000 issues reported, while Facebook has more than 100,000 complaints, indicating a widespread problem.
In March and April of last year, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads experienced a one-hour outage. Users were logged out and needed to log in again, but the issue persisted. Meta has faced similar disruptions before, including a seven-hour outage in 2021 affecting all its platforms. Technical issues have continued to cause service disruptions for Meta over time.
