Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger experienced a major outage on Tuesday morning, leaving millions of users frustrated and unable to access their favorite social media platforms. According to Down Detector, a website that tracks user reports of internet disruptions, the issues began around 10 a.m. Eastern time.
More than 25,000 users in the U.S. reported problems with Facebook shortly after the outage started, with a significant increase in reports compared to an average day. By 10:20 a.m., there were over 538,000 reports of trouble with the website, with the majority of complaints related to logging in.
Instagram and Facebook Messenger also experienced issues, with thousands of users reporting problems with the apps. The outages appeared to be global, affecting users in countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, and Japan.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, did not immediately respond to inquiries about the cause of the outage. However, spokesman Andy Stone acknowledged the issues and stated that they were working to resolve them.
The outage comes at a critical time for Meta, as they face a deadline to comply with the Digital Markets Act, a new European Union law aimed at increasing competition in the digital economy. The law requires tech giants like Meta, Apple, and Google to make changes to their products to allow smaller competitors access to their users.
In response to the outage, some users turned to alternative platforms, with Elon Musk welcoming them to his platform and joking about the situation on social media. As the story continues to develop, users are eagerly awaiting updates on when their favorite social media platforms will be back up and running.
