Facebook and Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms, experienced outages across the United States on Monday, impacting thousands of users.
According to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks online service disruptions, over 12,000 reported issues with Facebook and more than 5,000 with Instagram.
Downdetector compiles outage data by collecting status reports from various sources, including user submissions, indicating widespread disruption. It is important to note that these figures represent only the incidents reported; the actual number of affected users could be higher.
As of now, Meta Platforms has not provided an official statement regarding the cause of the outage or the anticipated time for resolution. The company also did not immediately respond to inquiries from Reuters seeking comment on the service interruption.
This outage is part of a series of recent disruptions that have affected major online platforms, underlining the technical challenges social media giants face in maintaining continuous service availability.
