A technical glitch prevents thousands of users from accessing Facebook and Instagram

Meta Company announced that it faced a technical problem that caused a widespread disruption of its main applications, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The company confirmed in a statement on the X platform that it is working to fix the problem and return services to normal as soon as possible, apologizing for any inconvenience to users.

Downdetector, a website specialized in monitoring technical malfunctions, recorded:

• 105,000 reports of problems on Facebook
• 70,000 reports of Instagram downtime
• 14,000 reports of problems in Messenger
• 12,500 reports of WhatsApp downtime

This malfunction comes within a series of widespread technical malfunctions in 2024, after the disruption of Microsoft services last November, andCrowdStrike crisis that caused losses exceeding $5 billion.

It is noteworthy that Meta platforms include about 3.98 billion monthly active users around the world.