Major Disruption Affects Facebook, Users Report

Published on March 5, 2024

Tens of thousands of users of Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta-owned products reported that those social media websites and apps were down on Tuesday. The outage was confirmed by a top spokesman for Meta on another social media website. “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now,” spokesperson Andy Stone wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The disruptions started around 10:00 a.m. ET as more than 500,000 people made reports of outages affecting Facebook and some 40,000 users reported the same on Instagram, according to tracking website DownDetector. The website only posts data about outage reports, while the actual number is likely quite larger....

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