Meta's 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)

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.

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: Meta to introduce enhanced review process after PM Modi video removal

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: How to edit music in your Instagram post

Meta's newest offering Threads also experienced an outage, with about 470 users reporting problems accessing the app.

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

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