Overview

• Users began reporting Facebook disruptions around midday on August 11 with complaints peaking between 13:00 and 13:44 UTC according to Downdetector.
• Downdetector’s data attributes roughly 40 percent of reports to posting failures, 32 percent to server or connection errors and 28 percent to app malfunctions.
• By afternoon some accounts showed partial restoration of service while other users continued to experience content-loading and interaction issues.
• Instagram and WhatsApp remained operational throughout the Facebook outage, according to user and media accounts.
• Meta has not issued any public statement and coverage advised users to try standard troubleshooting steps such as updating the app, restarting devices and checking permissions.