Meta is currently experiencing a major outage across all of its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger and WhatsApp. As noted by Downdetector.com, there has been a sharp increase in outages reported by users of these various services. Here’s what we know so far.

The outages appear to have started shortly before 1 p.m. Eastern Time and are being experienced by a significant number of users.

The affected services include:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Topics
• Whatsapp
• Facebook Messenger

It is currently unclear how wide the global reach of the outages is, but users from various parts of the world have confirmed that Meta’s services are down or are experiencing issues.

Meta has not yet released an update or comment on the outage, but we will keep you updated if anything is shared.

Social platforms range from completely run down to slow or full of bugs

Users who try to load these services face various issues both on the web and in their respective apps.

The problems encountered vary from user to user. This includes:

• not being able to use the service’s app or website at all
• It is not possible to publish content on the service
• Errors are displayed, e.g. B. if no comments are displayed on all Facebook posts
• and/or load the service but find it extremely slow and laggy

It is extremely rare for outages to cause so many critical services to go down at the same time.

However, because Meta owns and operates some of the most popular social platforms in the world, the impact of an outage on its services tends to be far-reaching.

What problems do you see with Meta’s services? And what part of the world are you in? Let us know in the comments.

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