Meta Platforms Experience Major Outage, Leaving Users Logged Out
Users across all affected Meta platforms are encountering problems resetting their passwords and using two-factor authentication to log in.
Social media users around the world faced frustration today as Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and others, went down in a widespread outage. Users reported being logged out of their accounts and encountering difficulties while using the platforms. Additionally, some users experienced issues with the Meta-owned messaging app, WhatsApp.
The outage is evident on DownDetector.com, with a surge in user reports. Many users took to Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, to report the issue. One user jokingly tweeted, "Facebook is down, so I guess I'll come hang out with my Twitter peeps. How are we doing on this Tuesday, friends!?"