Uh-oh! 📱 If you were scrolling through Instagram or catching up on WhatsApp chats Wednesday morning and things went haywire, you weren't alone! Meta's family of apps—including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads—all faced a global outage that left users around the world scratching their heads.
At around 10 a.m. Pacific Time, reports started flooding in about issues accessing these popular platforms. Downdetector, the go-to spot for tracking such problems, saw a massive spike—over 97,000 issue reports for Facebook and more than 67,000 for Instagram! 😮
Meta jumped on X (formerly known as Twitter) to address the chaos. \"We're aware that a technical issue is impacting some users' ability to access our apps,\" they posted at 10:48 a.m. PT. \"We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.\"
Instagram chimed in with a similar message, and WhatsApp reassured users that they were \"starting to see a return to normal for most people\" by 10:49 a.m. PT. Phew! 🙏
So, what's the deal? 🤔 As of now, the cause of the outage remains a mystery. Tech gremlins, perhaps? 👽 While Meta's team is on the case, users are left wondering what happened to their digital hangouts.
Stay tuned for updates, and maybe take this as a sign to enjoy some offline time! 🌳✨
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
