Internet turns to X for answers as Instagram and Facebook users report issues amid Meta outage

Thousands of users reported outages affecting Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger on Friday morning, disrupting access to some of Meta's most widely used social media platforms.

Facebook users across multiple countries reported being suddenly logged out, unable to load their feeds, or appearing “offline” on Messenger on Friday morning, as outage‑tracking service DownDetector showed a sharp spike in problem reports.

More than 7,500 reports were logged as users across multiple countries reported difficulties accessing Meta's services.

Services like Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp all experienced temporary service outages to start the weekend.