Unless you’re one of many few who don’t have social media, you in all probability observed that your Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps weren’t engaged on December 11. It turned out that Meta went by way of a widespread outage later that morning and afternoon. For hours, companies, influencers and different customers puzzled when the apps could be again up.
Meta shared an announcement through X that day, tweeting that the corporate was “conscious {that a} technical challenge is impacting some customers’ means to entry our apps.” Meta added, “We’re working to get issues again to regular as rapidly as attainable, and apologize for any inconvenience.”
Instagram additionally issued an announcement through X acknowledging the difficulty.
Why Is Facebook Down?
In its official X assertion, Meta famous that it was experiencing a “technical challenge” that was “impacting some customers’ means to entry our apps,” together with Facebook. The firm didn’t specify what the difficulty was.
Why Is Instagram Down?
In true Instagram trend, the platform’s X account included the hashtag “instagramdown” in its acknowledgement of the issue. However, the “technical challenge” that Instagram cited was not specified.
“Hi, we all know there’s a technical challenge impacting some folks’s means to entry Instagram,” the account’s X account tweeted. “We’re working to get issues again to regular as rapidly as attainable and are sorry for any inconvenience.”
According to DownDetector, greater than 70,000 customers complained of issues with Instagram after 11:00 a.m. ET on December 11.
What Other Meta Apps Are Down?
WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger had been additionally experiencing issues for customers. WhatsApp acknowledged the issue through X, writing, “We’re conscious of some points accessing WhatsApp. We’re actively engaged on an answer and beginning to see a return to regular for most individuals. We anticipate issues to be again to regular shortly.”
When Will Facebook & Instagram Come Back?
As of 4:00 p.m. ET, many customers reported that their Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps had been again up and operating. Additionally, the reviews on DownDetector decreased after 1:00 p.m.