As of this Tuesday afternoon, Instagram and Facebook users can no longer enjoy their social networks.
On Facebook, it is currently impossible to log in.
On Instagram, various Internet users have reported the impossibility of refreshing their news feed.
Only WhatsApp seems to be able to work.
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On the Downdetector site, where Internet users can report online service outages, we can see that the Facebook, Messenger and Instagram applications are at the top of the ranking.
More than 300,000 reports were received for Facebook, on the American version, in less than 30 minutes.
Meta on the spot
Many people wonder about their Facebook account being hacked.
It is true that the last minutes preceding the breakdown are curious.
Some Internet users claim to have been disconnected and not to be able to receive the code for double authentication.
In addition, Facebook asked its users if they wanted to allow the use of cookies.
On X (formerly Twitter), reactions are pouring in under #InstagramDown.
Andy Stone, spokesperson for the Meta group, also affirmed in a post that the Meta teams were on the case.
You have to be patient: during the last major outage of services associated with Facebook, in May 2023, the services were back one hour later.