Meta platforms suddenly stop working in huge outage

[Be The Light]

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Source: The Independant

Facebook, Instagram and Messenger have gone down in what appears to be a huge outage at parent company Meta.

Users found themselves unable to load the apps or websites as normal. On Facebook, affected users found they had been logged out and were unable to get on, while Instagram refused to work at all.

The warnings about being logged out led to widespread concern among users that their accounts had been hacked, and a variety of concerned phrases trended on Twitter/X.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-instagram-messenger-down-not-working-latest-b2507376.html

[LittleGirl]

1. I thought it was me

I’ve been forced to log out of all of my devices. Sent a msg to a couple of friends and my niece told me about the outage.

[PatSeg]

3. You can keep track of individual reports

at DownDetector: https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/

A few people report they've gotten back in, but most appear to still be down.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Working for me now!

[RockRaven]

4. Oh no!

Anyway...

[Submariner]

5. That's just Iran-Russia--China- N Korea, Inc road testing

their election disruption software prepping for November.

Luckily, Elon's twitter didn't get tagged........hmmm

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Meanwhile Zuck is playing dress-up at a billionaire wedding in India.

While admiring million dollar watches.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/when-mark-zuckerberg-wife-priscilla-chan-got-impressed-by-anant-ambanis-watch/articleshow/108200414.cms

https://www.richardmille.com/collections

https://www.thewatchpages.com/watches/richard-mille-watches/

[Be The Light]

7. Nope , still can't get on to Facebook.

[pnwmom]

9. No problem for me just now. I ope it's back for everyone. nt

[nocoincidences]

8. I'm seeing some funny stuff

in my Facebook feed that I don't usually see! Now I have to figure out how to make some of it stop!

[sarisataka]

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