Meta social media platform says its Facebook and Instagram services have been restored.
This is following more than half a million reports by users of widespread service outage earlier in the day, with many saying they were logged out of the social media platforms and unable to log back in.
DownDetector, a site that monitors internet service outages, on Tuesday said it received more than 500,000 reports of problems by Facebook users and more than 70,000 reported problems with Instagram during the day.
The most frequently reported problems were with logging into the Facebook app and issues with the Instagram app, according to DownDetector.
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“Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services,” a Meta Spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday. “We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
Meta-owned Facebook, Messenger and Instagram experienced worldwide outages Tuesday, with more than half a million users unable to access the social media apps.
The outages also appeared to have affected other major social media apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and Google’s YouTube video platform.
