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WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Recover from Global Outage

Meta's services were restored within hours after a widespread disruption affected thousands globally.

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FILE: A folder of social media apps is show on a phone in August, 2023. Instagram, owned by Bay Area-based Meta, was experiencing outages on April 3, 2024
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Overview

  • WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook experienced a global outage affecting thousands of users.
  • The outage began around 2 p.m. ET on April 3, 2024, with WhatsApp being the first to go down, followed by Instagram and Facebook.
  • Meta confirmed the issue and worked on a fix, successfully restoring service by just after 4 p.m. ET.
  • The outage impacted key business services including Meta's Ads Manager, Messenger Platform, and WhatsApp Business API.
  • This marks the second significant outage for Meta's services in just over a month, with the previous incident occurring in March 2024.