Facebook and Messenger Apps Down in Massive Global Outage, What We Know So Far
· YEN.com.gh News · Join- Facebook has experienced a major global outage affecting its main app and website
- Users report issues with Messenger, including automatic logouts and persistent error messages
- Meta's other services remain largely online, but related disruptions occur on Instagram
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Facebook has suffered a major global outage, affecting its main app and website.
The outage has also affected Facebook Messenger, with users being automatically logged out and unable to log back in.
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Users attempting to access the services were met with error messages such as 'an unexpected error occurred' or 'something went wrong', indicating the company was working on a fix.
While other Meta services like Instagram and WhatsApp appeared to remain largely online, some products, including Instagram's website, also suffered from related issues.
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The Independent reported that the problems began around 3:45 pm in the UK, with reports of outages spanning across the world.
Users were automatically logged out and found themselves unable to log back in.
They were shown an error message indicating “an unexpected error occurred”.
The main Facebook website also showed a similar error.
Downdetector, a major tracking website that collects information on outages, appeared to have broken around the same time as the Facebook outage, according to The Independent.
Source: YEN.com.gh