Achi news desk-
New Delhi3 hours ago
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Social media apps Facebook and Instagram went down for many users around the world on May 15. Hundreds of Down Detector users have reported problems with these apps. Users have trouble refreshing their feed.
Facebook and Instagram have not yet released any official announcement related to the outage. The reason for this break is still unclear. There is no information on how long it will take to recover.
Most users reported problems at 07.30
Data from the outage tracking site DownDetector showed that users started reporting the outage around 4am. Most users reported problems at 07:30 am. However, after that the reports of the outage decreased.
Instagram-Facebook were also disabled on the night of March 5
Earlier, on the night of March 5, users on both Meta Company platforms faced difficulty logging in and refreshing the feed. On Facebook, user accounts were automatically disconnected, while on Instagram users were unable to refresh new updates.
Two years ago Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were closed for 6 hours
On October 4, 2021, the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were shut down worldwide for approximately 6 hours. Due to this billions of users had to face problems. This problem was discovered around 9:15 p.m. The effect of this break was also seen on Facebook’s shares in the American market. The company’s stock fell by 6%.
Was down 9 and a half hours 5 years ago
On July 3, 2019, at 8:00 PM, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were disabled in many countries, including India and America. After sitting for about 9 and a half hours, it was fixed on July 4, 2019.
