Meta outage impacts thousands of users

Mar 5, 2024, 9:38 AM | Updated: 10:20 am

FILE - This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook and Instagram in New York, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
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(AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

BY MARIAH MAYNES

Digital Content Producer

SALT LAKE CITY – A Meta outage cut off thousands of Instagram, Facebook, and Threads users this morning.

CNBC reported that as of 10 a.m. EST, Facebook and Threads were not loading. Some users experienced being kicked out of their accounts and were unable to log back in.

Down Detector reported a spike in outages for Facebook. The outages began at 8:05 a.m. MST, according to the graph. A report for Instagram displayed a similar spike.

As Facebook and Instagram began trending on X, Meta Communications Director Andy Stone acknowledged the issue. Stone said the company was working to resolve the Meta outage.

We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.
— Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024

As of 10:20 a.m. MST, services had been restored to users.

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