Facebook and Instagram services experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday evening, affecting users in India and various other parts of the world. Many users reported being logged out of both platforms and encountering difficulties in refreshing pages. Some were prompted to change their passwords as well. The disruptions began around 8:30 pm on Tuesday, causing inconvenience to a large number of users.
According to outage tracking
website Downdetector.com, Facebook and Instagram were down for tens of thousands
of users, with over 300,000 reports of outages for Facebook and more than
20,000 reports for Instagram. Additionally, Meta Platforms' status dashboard
indicated issues with the WhatsApp Business API, with approximately 200 reports
of outages for WhatsApp.
Fortunately, services were restored
by around 10 pm on Tuesday. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone acknowledged the
problem, stating that they were working to resolve it. After services were back
online, Stone apologized for the inconvenience caused by the technical issue.
Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly
Twitter), took a jab at Meta in response to the outage, humorously implying
that if users could see his post, it meant their servers were working.
Many users expressed concerns about
hacking or cyber attacks during the outage. Some took to social media to share
their experiences, with one user jokingly questioning if they were being
hacked. Others admitted to changing their passwords multiple times out of fear
of being targeted by hackers.
The outage prompted users to seek
updates on alternative platforms, such as X, where they discussed the situation
and speculated about the cause of the disruption. Despite the inconvenience,
services were eventually restored, bringing relief to millions of users
worldwide.
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