WhatsApp, FB, Insta, Meta shut down at midnight, apologized

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Once again, Metro services across the world including India remained halted for hours. Meta-owned Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp suddenly stopped working late on Wednesday night. This is not the first time that users have faced such a problem. Meta services have been disrupted several times in 2024.

Following the global outage of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, users faced more problems accessing the apps. After the outage, a large number of users also complained about it on various platforms. DownDetector, a website that tracks various website outages, also confirmed Meta’s service outage.

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According to DownDetector, more than one lakh customers complained of Facebook outage. More than 70 thousand people have filed reports regarding Instagram. Thousands of users also complained about WhatsApp.

Users are facing problems

The global outage of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp started late on Wednesday night at around 11.30 pm. During this time, users faced problems logging into the app and sending and receiving messages. Users shared the issue on microblogging platform X when WhatsApp services crashed. Due to the outage, WhatsApp users also faced problems linking their app to other devices.

Meta apologized

Meta also tweeted about the global outage on all three platforms simultaneously. In this the company wrote that we know that due to some technical problems, some users are having trouble accessing the apps. The company also clarified that they are trying to fix it as soon as possible. Meta has also apologized to its users for this matter.