Social media giants Facebook and Instagram experienced outages in India and various other regions worldwide on Tuesday evening. Users reported encountering login difficulties on both platforms, with many being unexpectedly logged out of their accounts. Additionally, some individuals faced challenges in refreshing Instagram pages.
Me checking twitter to confirm if instagram is down#instagramdown pic.twitter.com/87MsJDXhg4
— Abhishek (@MSDianAbhiii) March 5, 2024
Users are experiencing a range of problems, including being unexpectedly logged out of their Facebook accounts, preventing them from logging back in. Likewise, Instagram users are facing challenges in refreshing their feeds, with some individuals unable to load stories and comments. Threads, a Meta-developed app, is also encountering a complete shutdown, displaying an error message when launched.
Elon Musk after seen Mark Zuckerberg both Instagram down and Facebook down 👇#instagramdown #facebookdown #meta pic.twitter.com/gg1nt4MnPk
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) March 5, 2024
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Downdetector.com, an outage tracking website, further confirmed the widespread disruption of Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday. The site recorded tens of thousands of users reporting issues, with Facebook receiving over 300,000 outage reports and Instagram receiving over 20,000 reports. Downdetector compiles status reports from various sources, including user submissions, to track outages accurately.
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