Meta is DOWN! Facebook, Messenger, Instagram hit with worldwide outage
By Story Agencies, March 5, 2024
Meta’s Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are down worldwide, leaving hundreds of thousands of users unable to access the social media platforms.
The issues appeared around 6:40 pm EAT and are impacting both social media sites’ apps and website.
DownDetector, which monitors online outages, shows more than 200,000 Americas are having problems with Facebook, but over 30,000 reported the same with Instagram – Messenger has a little over 8,000.
Facebook Messenger also received thousands of reports, according to Downdetector.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone tweeted the company is “aware people are having trouble accessing our services,” adding: “We are working on this now.”
We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024
Meta, Facebook and Instagram did not immediately respond to Forbes’ requests for comment.