Users of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram have been logged out of the mediums following an outage around 3:30 pm on Tuesday.
On Facebook, users were logged out of the platform with a message that read, “The password that you’ve entered is incorrect” while on Instagram, it returned the message, “Something went wrong. There’s an issue and the page could not be loaded”.
NewsClick Nigeria reports that the problems appeared to have started at around 3pm today, according to Down Detector, a website that tracks internet outages. Between them, more than 30,000 people have reported problems with Instagram and Facebook in the past hour. All three affected sites are owned by Meta, which also operates WhatsApp – though that appears to be working fine.
On Twitter (now X), people are reporting that both platforms aren’t loading. Instagram is showing users an error message that reads “couldn’t load posts,” while Facebook says “session logged out.”
With Facebook log-ins also used to access other sites, the crash may have wider implications for users. Meta has confirmed that it is aware of the outage and is working to fix it.
The company’s communications director, Andy Stone, tweeted: “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.
So, what do you do when your fave apps aren’t working? Based on all the rib-tickling GIFs being shared on X, you have a bit of fun while you wait for them to come back online. Much to the delight of Elon Musk many of the posts are people commenting on the influx of users X gets when one of its rivals goes down.
