Topics: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, Social Media, World News
Facebook and Instagram, run by parent company Meta, have both been down currently without reason.
The issue hit countless users across the world today (5 March) shortly before 4pm GMT.
Users have flocked to X, formerly Twitter, to ask why they have been kicked out of their accounts.
Andy Stone, who handles communications for Meta, posted on X: "We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now."
Elon Musk, who runs X, has also spoken out on the situation.
Statement from Meta
Chris Bakke, product lead at Twitter/X, has tweeted on the issue.
Facebook (162,985 engineers): currently down
— Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) March 5, 2024
X (184 engineers gathered around an open laptop that acts as our primary server): not down
Replying, Musk said:
To be fair, we do overclock the open laptop and also use it for warmth
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024
There are reports of people being able to log back in to Meta services like Facebook and Instagram.
Users are saying they are having to reset their passwords in order to regain access.
Outside of Meta HQ, people are having fun with it.
Everyone going to Twitter to see if Instagram and Facebook are down pic.twitter.com/ft8pFj6FP8
— cherry (@cherry_lfc) March 5, 2024
Over on Downdetector.com, more than 200,000 have reported Facebook as being down since around 3.30pm GMT.
It's come down somewhat but the issue is still being reported by tens of thousands of people
Elon Musk, who bought X in a hostile takeover in October 2022, has spoken out on the outage in the form of a Madagascar meme. Because why not.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024
breaking news
Andy Stone, who handles communications for Meta, has taken to X (formerly Twitter).
He said: "We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now."
We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024
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