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Meta's Facebook, Instagram face global outage, users unable to login
IndianStartupNews
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1y ago
Medial
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, impacting users globally. The disruption caused users to be unexpectedly logged out of their accounts and prevented them from logging back in. Users encountered issues such as inability to refresh pages or post new content on Instagram, and complete shutdown of the Threads app. Over 300,000 complaints were recorded for Facebook and more than 20,000 for Instagram on Downdetector.com. Despite the significant impact on users, Meta has not yet acknowledged the outage or provided an explanation.
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Meta says Facebook and Instagram issues are fixed after an apparent outage earlier
Business Insider
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1y ago
Medial
Facebook and Instagram experienced an outage on Tuesday morning, causing users to be logged out and unable to sign back in. The outage was reported by Meta's status page and Downdetector, with major disruptions to Facebook logins. Andy Stone, Meta's communications director, acknowledged the issue and later confirmed that it had been resolved, blaming it on a technical glitch. The company has not provided further details or comments regarding the outage.
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WhatsApp is down worldwide and stuck on connecting
The Verge
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1y ago
Medial
WhatsApp experienced a global outage, impacting its 2 billion users. Users faced connection issues, with the service stuck on "connecting." Messages were not delivered until the service was restored. The outage also affected Meta's business APIs for WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. While the issues seemed to be resolved by 4 PM ET, Meta has not provided an official response. Additionally, some users reported problems with Facebook and Instagram, but access appears to have been restored. This outage follows a recent Meta outage that affected Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads.
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Elon Musk takes a dig at Meta post global Instagram, Facebook outage
Money Control
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1y ago
Medial
Elon Musk mocked Facebook and Instagram's recent global outage, posting on Twitter that if users could see his tweet, it meant his servers were working. The outage impacted millions of users worldwide, with difficulties logging into Gmail, YouTube, and Facebook platforms. Tesla CEO Musk shared a meme poking fun at Meta's Communications Director's tweet about the issue. The outage lasted about an hour, and Facebook and Instagram services were restored, with fewer than 80,000 people still reporting issues.
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Another Outage? Meta-Owned Facebook & Instagram Down In India
Inc42
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1y ago
Medial
Facebook and Instagram experienced a major outage globally, causing users to face issues with logging in, refreshing feeds, and being logged out unexpectedly. The outage started around 8:45 PM IST and led to the trending hashtag "#instagramdown" on X (formerly Twitter). Users reported disruptions on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, owned by Meta. Troubles were experienced by users in both India and the US.
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads Are Coming Back Online After a 2-Hour Outage
Wired
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1y ago
Medial
On Tuesday, Meta's social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp, experienced a two-hour outage globally. Users were being logged out of Facebook and Messenger, while Instagram was not loading new content. Meta's spokesperson later confirmed that the issue had been resolved and apologized for any inconvenience caused. While some hacker groups claimed responsibility, similar disruptions in the past were usually caused by internal technical issues rather than external attacks. The outage coincided with Super Tuesday in the US, where primary elections were taking place.
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Meta's Instagram back online for most users after outage, Downdetector shows
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Instagram experienced a temporary outage, disrupting services for over three hours. The number of reported outages decreased from 5,000 to 400. The majority of issues were related to login problems. In March, both Instagram and Facebook experienced a similar outage caused by technical issues. Meta Platforms, the parent company of Instagram, has not responded to requests for comments on the recent incident.
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Meta's Instagram down for thousands, Downdetector shows
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms, experienced an outage on Thursday, impacting thousands of users in the United States. At its peak, over 5,000 users reported difficulties accessing the popular photo-sharing platform. This follows recent global outages affecting other social media platforms owned by Meta, including Facebook, Instagram Messenger, and Threads. In India, nearly 15,381 users reported a Facebook outage and over 19,200 users reported a similar issue with Instagram on March 5th.
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Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all down
The Verge
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1y ago
Medial
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads experienced a two-hour outage, causing users to be logged out of their accounts and unable to access their feeds. Meta, the parent company, acknowledged the issue and stated that they were actively working to resolve it. The outage did not affect WhatsApp. This incident is reminiscent of a similar outage in 2021 that affected the same Meta-owned platforms.
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YouTube down too? Users report video streaming site ‘not working’
Livemint
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1y ago
Medial
On March 5th, popular video platform YouTube experienced an outage, with many users reporting errors when attempting to access the site. Reports of downtime peaked around 9pm, with over 3,824 complaints recorded on Downdetector.com. This outage follows a recent Facebook and Instagram outage, where thousands of users were unable to access the platforms. Elon Musk took the opportunity to mock the situation, highlighting that if users were able to read his post, it was because his servers were functioning properly.
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LinkedIn Back Up After Widespread Outage in Several Countries
Gizmodo
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1y ago
Medial
LinkedIn is currently experiencing a widespread outage, with users around the world unable to access the site. The cause of the outage is still unknown, but complaints began around 3:40 p.m. ET. This follows recent outages from other major platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Users attempting to visit LinkedIn are greeted with an error message and directed to the Help Center, which is also down. The company has acknowledged the issue and is working on resolving it.
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