Facebook, Instagram, Threads disruptions resolved following significant outages Most services were restored early afternoon (WDIV)
DETROIT – Meta, the parent company for Facebook, Instagram and Threads, saw significant outages Tuesday, March 5.
According to DownDetector, Facebook started seeing issues just after 10 a.m. Roughly 570,000 people reported Facebook issues, while nearly 90,000 reported issues with Instagram at about the same time .
Those who were logged into Facebook were logged out and unable to log in or change their passwords. Instagram users were not logged out but were unable to refresh their feeds on the Instagram app, while Instagram in a web browser would only partially load.
According to MetaStatus.com , the company saw “major disruptions” across nearly all platforms. Most services were restored at about 1 p.m.
Andy Stone, the head of Communications for Meta, acknowledged on social media that they were aware of the service issues and that the company was working on a fix. He later posted that the disruption was caused by a technical issue .
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