Meta's social networks down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector says

Business Recorder reported that Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta, faced an outage affecting thousands of users in the United States on Sunday. Citing Downdetector, the report said more than 17,000 problem reports had been logged for Facebook and over 5,000 for Instagram by 9:11 PM Eastern Time. Meta had yet to respond to a request for comment when the story was filed.

Downdetector collects status reports from several sources, but its totals are built from user submissions. As a result, the true number of affected people could be higher or lower than the figures shown. The report does not say what caused the disruption. The figures reflect what was reported, not a verified tally of affected accounts.