Facebook, other Meta sites hit by widespread outage: user reports

(NEXSTAR) — Meta users reported widespread issues with the company’s social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads on Wednesday.

User-reported issues for Facebook alone topped 90,000 on Downdetector as of 12:30 p.m. CT. Outage reports for Instagram had exceeded 60,000, while about 11,000 were reported on Messenger and WhatsApp.

The leading complaints for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads were related to the app, Downdetector shows. The top issue for WhatsApp users was sending messages while Messenger users were struggling to log in.

Shortly before 1 p.m. CT, reported issues with the sites began to dip on Downdetector.

No additional details were immediately available from the company.

Meta’s status tracker shows “Workplace from Meta” was “recovering from disruptions” as of early Wednesday afternoon while its ads transparency tool was experiencing some disruptions.

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