Users reporting Facebook, Instagram outage: Downdetector
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Key context: <p>Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are experiencing outages, according to reports from real-time outage monitor Downdetector.</p> <p>Both platforms are owned by tech giant Meta.</p> <p>According to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="http://Downdetector.com">Downdetector.com</a>, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, Pakistani users have been reporting problems with Facebook since 12:26pm. Outage reports peaked at 191 reports at 1:29pm and are now beginning to decline to 174 at 1:44pm.</p> <p>In the United States, the reports peaked at 4,587 (12:58pm) and have begun to decline, with 3,161 as of the last update at 1:28pm.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-src='https://x.com/downdetector/status/2078750648745521259'> <div class='media__item media__item--twitter '><span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/2078750648745521259"></a> </blockquote> </span></div> </figure> <p>Instagram, meanwhile, has also seen a steep rise in outage reports from Pakistan in the last hour, beginning at 12:30pm and similarly peaking at 1:29pm with 173 reports. It then declined to 161 at 1:44pm.</p> <p>In the US, 4,308 reports were recorded at 1:50pm, with the number continuing to rise.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-src='https://x.com/downdetector/status/2078753030707589560'> <div class='media__item media__item--twitter '><span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/downdetector/status/2078753030707589560"></a> </blockquote> </span></div> </figure> <p>Last month, Meta’s social networks were reported to be <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2007342">down</a> for thousands of users, with the company spokesperson Andy Stone issuing a statement on the matter.</p> <p>In March 2024, Meta suffered a highly unusual <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1819512">outage</a> of all its social media platforms on Tuesday, with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads being locked out of their accounts for several hours.</p> This development from dawn.com highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are experiencing outages, according to reports from real-time outage monitor Downdetector. Both platforms are owned by tech giant Meta. According to Downdetector.com, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, Pakistani users have been reporting problems with Facebook since 12:26pm. Outage reports peaked at 191 reports at 1:29pm and are now beginning to decline to 174 at 1:44pm. In the United States, the reports peaked at 4,587 (12:58pm) and have begun to decline, with 3,161 as of the last update at 1:28pm. Instagram, meanwhile, has also seen a steep rise in outage reports from Pakistan in the last hour, beginning at 12:30pm and similarly peaking at 1:29pm with 173 reports. It then declined to 161 at 1:44pm. In the US, 4,308 reports were recorded at 1:50pm, with the number continuing to rise. Last month, Meta’s social networks were reported to be down for thousands of users, with the company spokesperson Andy Stone issuing a statement on the matter. In March 2024, Meta suffered a highly unusual outage of all its social media platforms on Tuesday, with users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads being locked out of their accounts for several hours.
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