Facebook, Instagram Outage Hits Users Worldwide

Meta Resolves Technical Issue

Hundreds of thousands of users affected

Meta Platforms-owned Facebook and Instagram experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, affecting users in India and around the world. Many users encountered issues with accessing the platforms, including sending and receiving messages on Facebook Messenger and posting content on Instagram.

In a statement, Meta said that it had resolved a technical issue that caused the outage. The company did not provide specific details about the issue, but it said that it was working to prevent similar problems from happening in the future.

The outage lasted for almost six hours, according to Facebook. Social media monitoring service Downdetector reported that the outage began at around 10:00 AM ET and was fully resolved by 4:00 PM ET.

The outage was a major disruption for users worldwide, including India. Many people rely on Facebook and Instagram to stay connected with friends and family, as well as to share news and information.

According to Facebook's global security operations center, the outage was determined to be a "HIGH risk to the People MODERATE risk to Assets and a HIGH risk to the Reputation of.."