Meta apps and services such as Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Messenger are still experiencing problems two hours after a major outage prevented users from logging in or loading the company’s websites. Engadget staff and users across X and Bluesky have reported problems loading and running Meta apps. For a while even the Meta company website was displaying the text “This page is currently unavailable.”
There have been more than 90,000 reports of problems for Facebook.com alone on Downdetector, and the site is still showing reports of WhatsApp, Wires, and Messenger outages. The problem is clearly not confined to a single Meta app or service, either. The company’s status page for business customers indicates “severe disruption” to nearly all of Meta’s APIs and ad tools, too.
When Engadget reached out to Meta for comment, the company pointed to a brief statement by X acknowledging the issue.
We are aware that a technical problem is affecting some users’ ability to access our applications. We are working to get things back to normal as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.
— Meta (@Meta) December 11, 2024
Meta last faced a major issue in March 2024 that blocked users from accessing its apps and services for two hours. The final outage was attributed to a “technical problem” by Meta’s communications director Andy Stone, which is the same explanation Meta has given so far today, but it’s unclear when the issue will be fully resolved.
Update, Dec 11 2024, 4:50PM ET: Added more details on outage length and impact to Meta business tools.