Facebook And Instagram Outage Leaves Users Disconnected

“Our most used social networks, Facebook and Instagram, simultaneously went down this morning. Logging many of us out of our accounts,” said Andy Stone, spokesperson for Meta. “Engineers were immediately working to resolve the issue and reconnect people.”

Over 500,000 reports were registered on the outage tracking website Downdetector, with issues regarding logging in and accessing newsfeeds on both Facebook and Instagram. Some users also noted that they were logged out of their accounts without explanation. The outages lasted for around two hours before being resolved.

Meta’s status page showed “major disruptions” affecting Facebook and Instagram during this time. In a statement, Stone explained that the company was “aware that people were having trouble accessing some of our services” . And that the root cause was a “technical issue”, though did not provide further details.

Widespread Impact Of Facebook And Instagram Outage

The simultaneous outages of Facebook and Instagram disrupted the daily routines of millions of active users of the major social platforms. Many found themselves disconnected from friend and family networks, unable to share updates, or access community groups. Businesses also faced issues in engaging with customers and promoting products or services via the platforms during the outage period.

While outages are relatively uncommon, they can have significant real-world consequences. When impacting services as widely used as Facebook and Instagram. The issues served as a reminder of how reliant many have become on just a handful of dominant online platforms for communication and networking needs. Engineers were ultimately able to resolve underlying technical problems within a couple of hours, but not before widespread disruption was caused.