Social media giants Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread outages on Tuesday evening, affecting users in India and various other regions. Users reported encountering issues with logging in to both platforms, with many being unexpectedly logged out of their accounts. Additionally, some users faced difficulties in refreshing Instagram pages and were prompted to change their passwords.
According to reports from outage tracking website Downdetector.com, Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram services were down for tens of thousands of users. Facebook saw over 300,000 outage reports, while Instagram received more than 20,000 reports. Downdetector collects data from multiple sources, including user submissions, to track service disruptions.
Numerous individuals turned to microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) to express their frustrations and concerns about the Facebook and Instagram outage. One user humorously questioned whether they were being hacked, while another briefly panicked, thinking their accounts had been compromised. Many users shared similar experiences and checked Twitter to confirm if the outage was widespread.
