Facebook, Instagram Users Report Issues Accessing Meta Services

Meta Platforms Inc. said it has resolved the technical issues that disrupted service for hundreds of thousands of people across its family of social media apps on Tuesday, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Issues were also reported on other social media sites including YouTube and X.

More than 500,000 people said they couldn’t access Facebook at around 10:30 a.m. in New York, according to Downdetector, which monitors internet and telecommunications disruptions. The number dropped to about 200,000 about 30 minutes later. There were more than 73,000 reports about Instagram at its peak and a smaller number of complaints about WhatsApp and Threads.