Meta-owned platforms Facebook, Instagram and Messenger hit massive outages on Tuesday night and the social media giant acknowledged that its users around the world again are facing issues in log-in due to glitch.

Facebook and its Messenger services was apparently partially working again after couple of hours shut down. Other apps including Instagram and Threads are still down.

As millions around the globe are not able to access social apps, website trouble tracker DownDetector confirms getting tens of thousands of problems accessing or using Facebook and its photo-centric Instagram network, as well as Messenger.

There were more than half million reports of trouble with Facebook and other apps, and most of complaints were about logging in to social site. Some people mentioned having trouble with Threads and other apps.

Facebook Down

As all eyes are on Meta and its technical team, the company spokesperson Andy Stone said they know people are having trouble accessing services. They mentioned working to fix now.

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Andy Stone, the spokesperson who is speaking on behalf of Facebook-owned Instagram, only admitted to having glitch but has not shared update about exact bug that made it difficult for users to access site.

The company spokesperson has not given exact time frame to fix the outage, and restoration of the site.

Facebook and its Messenger services partially started functioning again after a couple of hours shut down across the globe.

Social Media Outages

Facebook outage reminds everyone how dependent people are on Mark Zuckerberg-owned company that is down. This is not the first time when these sites are not accessible.

The longest outage occurred in 2021 and lasted for around seven hours before some apps slowly came back to life.