Meta's Global Outage Disrupts Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and More

On Wednesday, Meta's major applications, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads, faced a substantial global outage that rendered them inaccessible to many users. The specific cause remains undetermined, but Meta acknowledged the problem on social media, describing it as a "technical issue" and promised a swift resolution. As the outage affected services, including Facebook Ads Manager, Instagram and WhatsApp informed users of their awareness of the situation, with some functionality reportedly returning shortly after the initial disruption started at around 1 p.m. ET, leading to thousands of user complaints logged on services like Downdetector.

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