Meta-owned social media platform Facebook experienced a global outage, preventing users from logging in as the website and app failed to load. Complaints flooded X (formerly known as Twitter), with netizens expressing their frustration over the disruption of service worldwide.
According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, Facebook services were reportedly down since 7:59 am due to an issue with its website. More than 18,000 users worldwide reported the outage. Users attempting to access the site encountered an error message stating, "Sorry, something went wrong."
While in India, Facebook went down at around 7.57 am on Thursday, where a total of 130 people reported the outage on Downdetector. which is the domain for India for tracking outages. 89% of users faced problems with the website, while 10% reported problems faced logging problems on the website, and about 7% faced loading the Facebook App.
Downdetector.com Graph on Facebook Outage
While Facebook was down since the morning, another Meta-owned platform, Instagram, had faced issues the previous night (February 26). Many users also took to social media to report the Instagram outage. However, Instagram services were restored shortly thereafter.
Facebook services were finally restored around 8:30 a.m. after being unavailable for approximately an hour. Users can now access the website and log in, while mobile services have also resumed. However, Meta has not yet given an official statement regarding the cause of the global outage.