Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram appeared to be experiencing global technical issues on Tuesday, with millions of users complaining about logging errors while accessing the social media platforms.
According to Downdetector.com, the disruptions began not long ago, with more than 300,000 reports of outages for Facebook and about 40,000 reports for Instagram.
Although the cause of the issues remains unclear, Andy Stone, the spokesperson of Meta, the parent company of both platforms, disclosed that they are aware of the problem.
“We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now,” Stone wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Many Facebook and Instagram users have visited X to express their frustration while some taunted Meta.
Zuckerburg at X headquarters trying to see what he can copy from Twitter to prevent Instagram and facebook from failing😂 pic.twitter.com/uxHpNMvgck
—MR RIGHT™🇰🇪 (@MrRightke) March 5, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg try to fix the Instagram and Facebook crash pic.twitter.com/P3Ui8DPKs4
—Uncle Chu (@datchughuy) March 5, 2024
Instagram and Facebook service down worldwide
Zucker at Anant’s pre pre pre wedding pic.twitter.com/AqMjDGMWzC
—akrama (@AkramaMianoor) March 5, 2024
Everyone going to Twitter to see if Instagram and Facebook are down pic.twitter.com/ft8pFj6FP8
—cherry (@cherry_lfc) March 5, 2024
Instagram and Facebook service down worldwide
Zucker at Anant’s pre pre pre wedding pic.twitter.com/AqMjDGMWzC
—akrama (@AkramaMianoor) March 5, 2024
Elon Musk, the owner of X, also took the opportunity to troll Meta, his social media rival, over the outage.
“If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working,” he wrote on X.
If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024
The Mark Zuckerberg-owned platforms had suffered a similar multiple-service outage in October 2021.
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp experienced a global outage that lasted about six hours.
The platforms also experienced glitches globally in March of that same year
In 2019, TheCable Lifestyle also reported how Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were hit by a three-hour outage which prevented some users from accessing the platforms.