Facebook and Instagram suffer global outages, users report

Thousands of Facebook and Instagram users worldwide were unable to access the platforms on Sunday, with outage trackers logging over 23,000 Facebook complaints and more than 18,000 Instagram complaints in the US alone during the early morning hours Source: CNN.

• Reports began around 3:25 am ET, according to Downdetector, with problems persisting for several hours Source: The Next Web.
• Affected Facebook users saw messages like “Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue,” while some encountered a “temporarily banned” screen Source: CNN. Instagram displayed “Sorry, something went wrong” with feeds and direct messages failing Source: The Next Web.
• WhatsApp, also owned by Meta, appeared unaffected Source: CNN.

Sources disagree on the exact number of reports: The Next Web, citing Republic World, recorded 4,808 Facebook and 2,829 Instagram reports in the US by late morning Source: The Next Web, while CNN reported more than 23,000 Facebook and 18,000 Instagram complaints during a narrower window Source: CNN. This discrepancy likely reflects different time frames and reporting thresholds.

Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and the outage resolved quietly after several hours Source: The Next Web; Source: Channel NewsAsia. The incident follows a similar authentication-related outage on June 12 and recalls the major October 2021 collapse .