At one point, nearly 20,000 users in total said they were
having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram and Meta's messaging service
WhatsApp, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com.
Meta announced on Twitter that it is working to resolve
issues, shortly after the outage reports started emerging.
We know some of you might be experiencing issues with our apps today.
— Meta (@Meta) June 16, 2023
We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience. 🙏
Outage reports had come down to less than 500 as of 6:30pm
ET (4:00am IST, Saturday), according to Downdetector.
Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from
several sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage may
be affecting a larger number of users.
Issues with Meta's Ads Manager, the advertising tool that
lets brands buy and create Facebook ads, were also resolved, the company said.
We know some of you might be experiencing issues with our apps today.
— Meta (@Meta) June 16, 2023
We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience. 🙏
However, the outage issues were not global. In India,
Facebook and Instagram were working fine for most of the users.
In other news, Meta has recently rolled back a policy that
was put in place to curb the spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 on
Facebook and Instagram. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter
came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic,
including false claims about vaccines, prompting them to take stringent
measures.
The Facebook parent in July last year sought the opinion of
its independent oversight board on changes to its current approach, given the
improvement in authentic sources of information and general awareness around
COVID. © Reuters
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