Meta's social networks down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector says
- There were more than 17,000 reports of issues with Facebook, as of 9:11 PM ET, and more than 5,000 outages on Instagram as well
Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread outages in the U.S. on Sunday, affecting thousands of users, with Meta not immediately commenting on the situation.
- Widespread outages on Facebook and Instagram.
- Thousands of U.S. users impacted.
- Downdetector's tracking of service disruptions.
Meta’s social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users in the US on Sunday, according to Downdetector.
There were more than 17,000 reports of issues with Facebook, as of 9:11 PM ET, and more than 5,000 outages on Instagram as well, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.
Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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Since the numbers on Downdetector are based on user-submitted reports, the actual number of affected users may vary.