On Tuesday evening, social media giants Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread outages
On Tuesday evening, social media giants Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread outages in India and other regions globally.
Numerous users encountered login difficulties, with many reporting being unexpectedly logged out of their accounts on both platforms. Issues also included an inability to refresh Instagram feeds and prompts to reset passwords.
Outage tracking website Downdetector.com also revealed that Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram were down for tens of thousands of users on Tuesday. There were more than 300,000 reports of outages for Facebook, while there were more than 20,000 reports for Instagram, according to the website which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including users.