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Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and other meta apps experience major outage, leaving users logged out

Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and other meta apps experience major outage, leaving users logged out

Many users reported unexpected logouts and encountered difficulties using these platforms.

Shubham Singh
  • Updated Mar 5, 2024 10:07 PM IST
Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and other meta apps experience major outage, leaving users logged out

Users around the globe, including in India, expressed frustration as major Meta-owned platforms, such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and others, suffered widespread outages. Many users reported unexpected logouts and encountered difficulties using these platforms. Additionally, issues were reported with the Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp.

A surge in outages was observed on the DownDetector.com website, and users turned to Elon Musk's micro-blogging platform X to report the widespread outage on social media. "Facebook is down, so I guess I'll come hang out with my Twitter peeps. How are we doing on this Tuesday, friends!?," a user wrote on X.

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The current global outage affecting major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp, marks the most significant disruption of 2024 so far, impacting users worldwide.

"We aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.” - Andy Stone, Meta spokesperson

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Shubham Singh

Shubham Singh, who is currently working at Business Today, covers a wide range of topics including corporate, economy, auto, tech, trending, and entertainment business. He does whatever it takes to keep the website growing. His previous stints at prestigious media houses like Zee News English, Inc42, CNBC-TV18, and the Exchange4media group have honed his skills and intuition as a journalist. When not juggling between work and sleep, he spends time by watching web series or movies on OTT platforms.

Published on: Mar 5, 2024 9:31 PM IST