Meta said it had resolved a technical issue with its platforms, including Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram, after an outage that appeared to last hours on Tuesday.
After users reported an outage that lasted about two hours, Meta said it had fixed the issue that caused the sites to go down. “We have resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone affected and apologize for any inconvenience caused,” said Andy Stone, a spokesman for Meta. wrote on X.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the issue appeared to be resolved for many users, but some were still reporting issues with the platforms.
According to Down Detector, a website that tracks user reports of telecommunications and Internet disruptions, more than 25,000 users in the United States reported having problems with Facebook around 10 a.m. Tuesday, compared with a base of 17 such reports an average day. As of 10:20 a.m., there were more than 538,000 reports of problems with the website. Around 76 percent of the complaints related to logging into the website; 17 percent of reported issues were with the app and 8 percent with the website.
More than 91,000 people reported problems with Instagram around 10:30 a.m. and 62 percent of the reported problems were related to the app, while 27 percent of the reports affected the feed. According to Down Detector, more than 13,600 users reported problems with Facebook Messenger at the time, and 61 percent of those users reported problems logging in, while 24 percent had problems with the app and 14 percent had problems sending messages.
Users also reported problems with Threads and WhatsApp, which also belong to Meta.
The outages appeared to affect users around the world, with problems reported in the United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, Japan and elsewhere.
Meta hosts more than 3.98 billion users on its apps every month, the company reported last month.
Some users flocked to X to see if others were also having problems with these sites. One user told people not to panic if they had trouble logging in. Many users on
The outage comes ahead of a Wednesday deadline for Meta and other tech giants, including Apple and Google, to comply with the Digital Markets Act, a new European Union law aimed at increasing competition in the digital economy. The law requires companies to overhaul how some of their products work so that smaller competitors can access their users.
Elon Musk, the billionaire who bought Twitter for $44 billion, appeared to welcome users to his platform and posted on brands. The penguins saluted another penguin marked with the mark “X”.
“If you are reading this post, it is because our servers are working,” Mr. Musk wrote in another post.