Facebook, Instagram services restored after ‘technical issue’ causes outage
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Facebook and Instagram users experienced outages Tuesday morning.
The outages were first reported around 9 a.m., according to Downdetector.com.
People in the Channel 8 newsroom were logged out of their Facebook accounts and unable to sign back in.
Downdetector reported that the outage peaked at 9:30 a.m., affecting more than 500,000 users.
About 11:20 a.m., a spokesman for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said service had been restored.
The spokesman, Andy Stone, said a “technical issue” caused the outage.
“We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience,” he said in a social media post.
Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience. https://t.co/ybyyAZNAMn
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024
Around 10:30 a.m., Downdetector reported that the outage was affecting over 75,000 Facebook users.
Some users have since been able to log back into Facebook.
You can find Meta service’s current status HERE.
