- The outage comes after the global meta crash sent the company's stock price plummeting
- YouTube, owned by Google, says its team is working to resolve the issue
YouTube users are reporting an outage on the online video platform, which is currently affecting around 5,000 users.
The report comes after metaproducts Facebook, Messenger and Instagram went down globally on Tuesday, affecting millions of users worldwide.
The outage has reached the UK, parts of Europe, China, Australia and Mexico – sending Meta's share price reeling.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, addressed the issue via
On the same day that Meta products went down worldwide, the video posting platform apparently experienced an outage
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– TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) March 5, 2024
Addressing the meta outage, a source within Facebook told that the company's internal systems were also down.
At around 10:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, DownDetector, which monitors online outages, indicated that hundreds of thousands in the US alone were experiencing problems with Facebook and tens of thousands with Instagram.
The Facebook and Messenger glitches came to light when users noticed they were locked out of their accounts and unable to log in, even with the correct credentials.
Users soon flocked to X to complain about the outage and share memes, much to the delight of owner Elon Musk.
Some people who experienced problems initially thought their accounts had been hacked, but there are more than 80,000 posts on X about the Facebook and Instagram outage.
Many users attempted to log into Facebook believing their accounts had been hacked – unaware that a global outage was occurring
The issues began around 10:20 a.m. ET (3:20 p.m. GMT) and are affecting both apps and websites for the services – however, Meta's WhatsApp does not appear to be affected
YouTube reports outage after Facebook and Instagram crash