On Tuesday evening, two major services of Meta were not functioning. We are talking about Facebook and Instagram, which suddenly went down last night.
The services of Facebook and Instagram were not only affected in India but also worldwide. Users were complaining about the shutdown of their services on other platforms.
Millions of users were unable to access their Facebook accounts. Similarly, feeds were not updating on Instagram, and users were unable to play reels.
This situation persisted for about an hour. However, late at night, the company restored its services.
People are questioning why Facebook and Instagram services were down for hours. Many were worried that their accounts had been hacked.
However, the real story is different. The reason for Meta's services being down was a technical issue. However, the company has not provided detailed information about this issue.
Thousands of people complained about websites being down on Downdetector. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said the issue was resolved on Tuesday. He also apologized to people for the services being down.
Stone wrote, 'This morning (US time), some of our services were experiencing difficulty due to a technical issue. We have restored the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize to people for the inconvenience caused.
As soon as Facebook and Instagram went down, users flooded to the social media platform X. Keywords related to Facebook Down, and Instagram Down started trending on X.
People were continuously sharing memes. Seizing the opportunity, Elon Musk also posted a sarcastic remark on Meta. He wrote, 'If you're reading this post, it's because our services are still working.'
