Meta apps experience widespread outages across the United States

Meta has apologised for the disruption as it works to resolve technical issues impacting its platforms.

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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp experienced significant outages across the United States on Wednesday, leaving thousands of users unable to access the popular platforms. Outage tracking site Downdetector recorded over 27,000 reports for Facebook, 28,000 for Instagram, and more than 1,000 for WhatsApp. The disruptions began around 12:50 p.m. ET, with users encountering error messages such as ‘something went wrong.’

Meta acknowledged the issue in a post on X, assuring users that it was working to resolve the problem quickly. A spokesperson apologised for the inconvenience and said teams were working diligently to restore services to normal.

User frustration echoed on X, with many expressing concerns about the reliability of Meta’s platforms. Outages like this are not unprecedented. Earlier this year, Meta faced a similar global disruption that impacted hundreds of thousands of users. In October, Meta apps were also briefly offline due to technical issues, although those were resolved within an hour.

Meta’s platforms are among the most widely used social media and communication tools globally. The recurrence of technical problems highlights the challenges of maintaining the reliability of such massive online infrastructures.