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Metas social media apps were reportedly down for thousands

Over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 7,000 and 2,700 users faced issues with Facebook and WhatsApp.

Published By: Pranav Sawant | Published: Jul 11, 2023, 09:40 AM (IST)

  • whatsapp
  • twitter
  • facebook

Highlights

  • Meta's social media apps were down for thousands of users.
  • Over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram.
  • Over 7,000 users faced issues with Facebook.
  • whatsapp
  • twitter
  • facebook

Meta Platforms’ social media apps Instagram and Facebook, messaging app WhatsApp and Twitter-rival Threads were all back up after a brief outage affecting thousands of users on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. news Also Read: WhatsApp May Soon Give Parents Real Controls Over Kids’ Accounts; Will They Be Able To Read Chats Too?

At the peak of the outage, lasting over an hour, over 14,000 users reported issues with accessing Instagram, while around 7,000 and 2,700 users faced issues with Facebook and WhatsApp, respectively. news Also Read: WhatsApp iOS Update May Bring Profile Cover Images Soon

Meta’s newest offering Threads also experienced an outage, with about 470 users reporting problems accessing the app. news Also Read: 7 Instagram Reels Tricks Creators Use

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage could have affected a larger number of users.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters query on the outages.

Reuters