Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms experienced outages affecting thousands of users in several countries overnight from Sunday into Monday, with users reporting difficulties accessing the services and using some of their features.
Outage-tracking website Downdetector recorded thousands of reports involving both platforms in the United States, while users in several other countries also reported service disruptions.
According to Reuters, Downdetector had recorded more than 17,000 reports of problems with Facebook and more than 5,000 reports involving Instagram as of 01:11 GMT on Monday.
Downdetector tracks service disruptions by aggregating outage reports from multiple sources and does not represent the total number of users affected.
Users reported difficulties accessing the platforms and using certain services, although the extent of the disruption varied among users and locations.
Facebook and Instagram are among Meta’s largest social media platforms, with millions of users accessing them daily for communication, content sharing, messaging and other services.
The reports came as users in multiple locations experienced problems during the overnight period. Further information on the cause and duration of the disruption was not provided in the supplied report.
