Meta outage affecting Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, according to user reports
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Key Points:
- Users in multiple countries, including the US, UK, Canada, the Philippines, and Australia, reported issues accessing Meta-owned platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger on Friday morning, experiencing login failures, automatic logouts, error messages, and incomplete page loads.
- The outage-tracking site IsDown noted a rise in user reports by 9:42 a.m., indicating a possible widespread disruption, though Meta had not confirmed the outage at that time.
- Problems were reported across both mobile apps and web browsers, with some users unable to log back into their accounts after being logged out.
- It remains unclear if all Meta services, which include WhatsApp and Threads in addition to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, were equally affected by the disruption.
- Third-party trackers rely on user submissions, so the full scope and cause of the outage were not immediately known.