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Facebook and X Suffer Simultaneous User-Reported Outages

Official system monitors indicated normal operation despite thousands of user reports of login and app failures.

Overview

  • Downdetector recorded over 450 user complaints of Facebook disruptions, with 58% related to the mobile app, 25% to login failures, and 17% to website access.
  • More than 16,000 Downdetector reports logged widespread X outages, with 53% of users reporting app malfunctions and 45% reporting website loading errors.
  • Disruptions were concentrated in major U.S. cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta, and European hubs including London and Paris.
  • Neither Meta nor X issued detailed statements while their official status pages continued to display all systems operational.
  • The concurrent outages highlight a recurring pattern of reliability failures that has driven users to rival platforms for confirmation and community reaction.