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Meta’s Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are currently experiencing a worldwide outage, preventing many users from being able to use these social media platforms.
Reportedly, the problems began around 9:45 AM PST and are affecting both the apps and website of these social media platforms. During the outage, users may experience password rejection and may be logged out of Facebook automatically.
You may receive an error message stating that your ‘log in’ session has expired, and your login credentials will be invalid when attempting to log in again.
The outage is also impacting Instagram and Messenger in addition to Facebook.
We reached out to Facebook for a comment on this outage.
If you’re facing difficulties, here are some steps you can try:
- Try Facebook on Another Device: Sometimes the issue might be specific to your device. Test Facebook on a different device to see if it works.
- Restart, Update, and Reinstall: Restart your device, update the Facebook app (if you’re using the app), or reinstall the app to resolve any software glitches.
- Consider Rebooting Network Equipment: Restart your router or modem to ensure a stable internet connection.
- Kill Any Firewalls or Similar Services: Sometimes security software can interfere with Facebook access. Temporarily disable any firewalls or similar services.
- Try Switching Your DNS Server: Changing your DNS server might help if there are DNS-related issues.
Remember that these are general troubleshooting steps, and the issue might be on Facebook’s end. You can also check the live outage map on Downdetector to see if others are experiencing similar problems. Hopefully, Facebook will be back up and running smoothly soon! 🤞
