Facebook and Instagram down as Meta products hit with widespread outage
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- A widespread outage affected Meta’s Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger on Friday, with thousands of users reporting issues such as being logged out, unable to load apps, or access accounts.
- Downdetector showed a significant spike in complaints, particularly for Instagram, where reports surged from around 25 to several thousand.
- Meta acknowledged the problem, with communications VP Andy Stone stating on X that the company was aware of the access issues and working to resolve them.
- Users expressed frustration online, reporting error messages and login failures across all three platforms, with some suggesting the outage might be global.
- Meta has been contacted for further comment regarding the outage.