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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.

Several people faced issues while trying to access Facebook on Thursday, August 14.
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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.