Instagram and Facebook knocked offline for over an hour worldwide
Facebook and Instagram appeared to suffer a widespread outage on Monday morning. It affected users globally from 10:35am to 11:40am.
Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram appeared to suffer a widespread outage on Monday morning. Downdetector recorded a spike in user reports around 10:35am.
Reports peaked at 11:15am. Service resumed around 11:40am.
Users from the Philippines to Brazil and the US had trouble accessing the platforms on desktop computers. Smartphone app users could still browse Instagram but could not search.
Meta has not publicly explained what caused the outage.
- 10:35am to 11:40am
- Outage duration
- 11:15am
- Peak reports time
- Facebook and Instagram
- Platforms down
Why it mattersBillions of people use Facebook and Instagram for messages, news and work. Any outage disrupts communication and business globally.
AustraliaAustralian users could not access Facebook and Instagram for over an hour during the outage, affecting millions who use the apps daily.
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