Facebook and Instagram down for thousands of users, WhatsApp also affected

Published: 3:01am, 12 Dec 2024Updated: 3:31am, 12 Dec 2024

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users across the United States on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

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There were more than 27,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and over 28,000 with Instagram, in an outage that started around 12.50pm US Eastern Time.

WhatsApp, Meta’s messaging application, was also down for more than 1,000 users, according to Downdetector.com.

Downdetector’s numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary.

Some WhatsApp users were also affected by the outage. Photo illustration: AFP
Some WhatsApp users were also affected by the outage. Photo illustration: AFP

Meta said it is aware of a technical issue impacting users’ ability to access its apps.

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