Hyderabad: Meta-owned apps Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and others were down in India and many other parts of the world on Tuesday evening. The users of the social media platforms complained about login issues on these platforms.
Many other users were also facing issues with the Meta-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp. Users experienced issues around 8:56 pm, reporting difficulties in loading content on their feeds. Issues are being reported with the app, login, and uploading content.
Some were unable to refresh their Instagram pages and they were also asked to change passwords. Amid the outcry on social media, X in a post stated, "we know why you’re all here rn (sic)"
Elon Musk, said, "If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working."
"We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks said on X that four Meta platforms -- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads -- were currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries.
But the firm that advocates for internet freedom said there was no sign of country-level internet disruptions or filtering, which are typically imposed by governments.
Several people took to the micro-blogging site X and expressed their outrage. One user wrote, "Is Meta down or am I being hacked? my Instagram isn’t loading and my Facebook is also session logged out". Another said, “I thought my Facebook and Instagram got hacked for a second."
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