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| Facebook and Instagram services were down across the world due to a global outage on Sunday. |
Facebook Instagram down : social media platforms Facebook and Instagram faced a major global outage on Sunday. According to internet watchdogs and media reports, millions of users were unable to access their accounts and feeds due to this technical glitch.
If you were also unable to scroll through your social media timeline on Sunday morning, you were not alone. Here is a breakdown of what happened during the outage.
DownDetector Confirms Sharp Rise in Complaints According to data from DownDetector, a website that tracks internet and social media app performance, there was a sudden spike in complaints on Sunday morning between 3:44 AM and 5:02 AM Eastern Time (ET).
More than 23,000 users in the US alone reported issues with Facebook.
During the same period, over 18,000 users reported problems with Instagram.
Complaints dropped sharply after 5:00 AM, indicating that the company had begun resolving the issue.
Was It a Country-Wide Ban? NetBlocks Reveals the Truth Several rumors started circulating following the outage. However, NetBlocks, an organization that tracks internet connectivity and restrictions globally, clarified that this was not a country-level internet ban. It was entirely an international technical outage caused by Meta's servers. CNN has reached out to Meta for an official statement on the matter.
Error Messages Faced by Users When users tried opening their apps, an error message appeared on their screens. Affected Facebook users saw the message: "Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. Please try logging in again in a few minutes."
WhatsApp Remains Unaffected While two of Meta's major apps—Facebook and Instagram—were fully affected, users of the company's popular messaging app, WhatsApp, could breathe a sigh of relief. WhatsApp worked perfectly fine throughout the outage and experienced no disruptions.