The Facebook logo is seen on a cellphone in Boston, Oct. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Dwyer

By paNOW Staff

OUTAGE

Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger out for thousands of users

Mar 5, 2024 | 10:06 AM

Meta, the parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger is experiencing an outage affecting thousands of users.

According to the website downdetector, issues with the social media giant spiked just after 9 a.m. CST.

The problems are being reported across the world, suggesting that the outage could be global.

London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks said on X that four Meta platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads — were “currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries.” But the firm, which advocates for internet freedom, said there was no sign of “country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” which are typically imposed by governments.

Andy Stone, Meta’s head of communications, acknowledged the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said the company is “working on this now.”

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