Written By Pranav Sawant
Published By: Pranav Sawant | Published: Jul 11, 2023, 09:40 AM (IST)
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. Also Read: Threads introduces live chats update: Real-time discussions, media sharing
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. Also Read: Meta to install tracking software on employees computers: AI data collection strategy
Meta’s newest offering Threads also experienced an outage, with about 470 users reporting problems accessing the app. Also Read: ChatGPT Images 2.0 launched: New AI image model with better realism and accuracy
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