In one of the worst outages for Meta in years, its entire family of apps -- Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads -- went down for millions across the globe, including in India, as users were thrown out from their accounts.
There was no official announcement from the company as to what caused this massive outage across its platforms.
While Facebook logged users out of their accounts, people were unable to refresh their feeds on Instagram and stories and comments were not loading.
X rival Threads also went down, displaying an error message that read, “Sorry, something went wrong. Try again.”
WhatsApp, also owned by Meta, still appeared to be working.
Website outage tracking website Downdetector showed more than 1 lakh reports of Facebook being down, and the number was increasing.
Instagram also had more than 20,000 reports of outages being faced by users across the globe.
The affected users took to X to write about their woes.
“Instagram, Facebook and Threads are currently down,” posted software engineer Alessandro Paluzzi.
“Facebook, IG & Messenger are all down. Thank god Twitter doesn’t belong to Meta,” another posted.
This makes one of the biggest outages for Meta in years.
A similar outage happened in 2021 when a configuration issue affected Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for several hours.
Trump speaks with Saudi's Crown Prince, his first call with foreign leader since taking office
During the call, the Crown Prince congratulated Trump and conveyed the congratulations of King Salman to the President after being sworn in, wishing the American people further progress and prosperity.
Trump redesignates Iran-backed Houthi rebels as foreign terrorist organisation
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order designating Yemen's Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO), reversing a Biden-era policy that had removed the group from the State Department's list of global terror groups.
Trump to impose new sanctions, tariffs if Russia does not end Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a deal to end the grinding Ukraine war "now" or face tariff hikes and more sanctions.
Jalgaon rail accident: 12 killed as passengers of Pushpak Express hit by another train
At least 12 people including eight men, three women and one 10-year-old child died after passengers of Pushpak Express were hit by Karnataka Express at Pachora taluka in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district on Wednesday.
WEF Davos summit: Maha govt signs MoU with RIL for Rs 3.05 lakh cr investment
The Maharashtra government and Reliance Industries on Wednesday at the slide lines of the World Economic Forum summit at Davos signed a MoU with an investment of Rs 3,05,000 crore with over 3,00,000 employment opportunities across diverse sectors, including new energy, retail, hospitality, and high-tech manufacturing.
Trump takes oath as 47th US President, returns to White House for second term
Business mogul and Republican Party member Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday for a historic second term by taking the oath as the 47th President of the US.
'Invasion' of US will come to halt, says Trump on immigration row
President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to implementing strict immigration limits, a central promise of his presidential campaign on the first day of his assuming office.
Saif Ali Khan stabbing case: Main accused arrested
The Mumbai Police have arrested a man named Vijay Das as the main accused in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case from Maharashtra's Thane West area, officials said in the early hours of Sunday.