{"id":136097,"date":"2024-12-12T06:53:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136097"},"modified":"2024-12-12T06:53:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:53:51","slug":"is-facebook-still-down-heres-what-we-know-about-outage-impacting-meta-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136097","title":{"rendered":"Is Facebook Still Down? Here\u2019s What We Know About Outage Impacting Meta Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"topline-heading\">Topline<\/h2>\n<p>Meta apps Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were experiencing issues Wednesday afternoon as thousands of people reported outages for the apps on DownDetector\u2014though Meta said just after 5:30 p.m. EST the issue was almost fixed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-0\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion class=\"expandable\" current=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">In an aerial view, people gather in front of a sign posted at Meta headquarters on July 07, 2023 in <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+]<\/span><span class=\"expanded-caption\"> Menlo Park, California. Since launching, Meta&#8217;s new Threads platform has soared to 70 million users. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Key Facts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"key-facts\">\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Reports of outages soared starting around 12:30 p.m. EST, with more than 100,000 Facebook users reporting their problems on <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/facebook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/facebook\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/facebook\/\" aria-label=\"DownDetector\">DownDetector<\/a> by around 1:10 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Tens of thousands of Instagram users also reported problems, while there was a similar spike for WhatsApp and Threads.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Just before 5:30 p.m., the number of reported outages on Facebook had dropped to just over 1,200, Instagram reports fell to about 1,900 from a peak of more than 68,000 and reports of issues on WhatsApp and Messenger were far below their peaks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Upon trying to access Facebook, some users were met with an error message reading \u201cWe&#8217;re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Meta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/metastatus.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/metastatus.com\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/metastatus.com\/\" aria-label=\"status and outages page\">status and outages page<\/a> for its business products said almost all listed tools and platforms including Facebook Ads Manager, Messenger API for Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp Business API were suffering \u201cmajor disruptions\u201d as of just after 5:30 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>But in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MetaNewsroom\/status\/1866974760694907008\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MetaNewsroom\/status\/1866974760694907008\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/MetaNewsroom\/status\/1866974760694907008\" aria-label=\"post on X\">post on X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter, just after 5:30 p.m., Meta thanked people for bearing with it and said, \u201cWe\u2019re 99% of the way there &#8211; just doing some last checks. We apologize to those who\u2019ve been affected by the outage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Get Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts: <\/em><\/strong><em>We\u2019re launching text message alerts so you&#8217;ll always know the biggest stories shaping the day\u2019s headlines. Text \u201cAlerts\u201d to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tel:2013350739\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/tel:2013350739\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/tel:2013350739\/\" aria-label=\"(201) 335-0739\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/tel:2013350739\/\">(201) 335-0739<\/em><\/a><em> or sign up <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/joinsubtext.com\/forbes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/joinsubtext.com\/forbes\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/joinsubtext.com\/forbes\" aria-label=\"here\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/joinsubtext.com\/forbes\">here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>Meta\u2019s outage on Wednesday comes after a global outage in March that lasted more than two hours. Meta said that outage was caused by a technical issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/metas-facebook-instagram-down-thousands-downdetector-shows-2024-03-05\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/metas-facebook-instagram-down-thousands-downdetector-shows-2024-03-05\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/metas-facebook-instagram-down-thousands-downdetector-shows-2024-03-05\/\" aria-label=\"Reuters\">Reuters<\/a> reported, and it impacted hundreds of thousands of users. At the peak of that outage, there were more than 538,000 reports of issues with Facebook and more than 91,000 issues with Instagram, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/05\/technology\/facebook-instagram-meta-down.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/05\/technology\/facebook-instagram-meta-down.html\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/05\/technology\/facebook-instagram-meta-down.html\" aria-label=\"reported\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Tangent<\/h2>\n<p>Meta\u2019s outage follows at least two other recent tech outages. On Nov. 25, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2024\/11\/26\/microsoft-outages-issues-resolved-more-than-24-hours-after-outlook-teams-impacted\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2024\/11\/26\/microsoft-outages-issues-resolved-more-than-24-hours-after-outlook-teams-impacted\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2024\/11\/26\/microsoft-outages-issues-resolved-more-than-24-hours-after-outlook-teams-impacted\/\" aria-label=\"Microsoft\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> platforms were down for more than a day. Microsoft didn\u2019t specify what change impacted programs, though the outage happened the same day as the rollout of a new Recall AI tool for Windows Insiders that was meant to take regular snapshots of computer activity. Earlier that week on Nov. 21, Reddit had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/11\/21\/users-report-reddit-outage-thursday-morning-second-in-24-hours\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/11\/21\/users-report-reddit-outage-thursday-morning-second-in-24-hours\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/11\/21\/users-report-reddit-outage-thursday-morning-second-in-24-hours\/\" aria-label=\"two outages\" rel=\"noopener\">two outages<\/a> in 24 hours as more than 76,000 users logged reports of issues with the site and app on DownDetector.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Forbes Valuation<\/h2>\n<p>Meta is ranked 24th on the Forbes\u2019 Global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/global2000\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/global2000\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/lists\/global2000\/\" aria-label=\"2000 list\" rel=\"noopener\">2000 list<\/a> of the world\u2019s largest public companies, according to sales, profits, assets and market value. Meta was listed with about $142.7 billion in sales, $45.8 billion in profit and a market value of $1.197 trillion as of June.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2024\/11\/26\/microsoft-outages-issues-resolved-more-than-24-hours-after-outlook-teams-impacted\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Microsoft Outages: Issues Resolved More Than 24 Hours After Outlook, Teams Impacted\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maryroeloffs\/2024\/11\/26\/microsoft-outages-issues-resolved-more-than-24-hours-after-outlook-teams-impacted\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Microsoft Outages: Issues Resolved More Than 24 Hours After Outlook, Teams Impacted<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Mary Whitfill Roeloffs<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/67449d99c7c5a08bfe619822\/0x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/11\/21\/users-report-reddit-outage-thursday-morning-second-in-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Users Report Reddit Outage Thursday Morning\u2014Second In 24 Hours\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2024\/11\/21\/users-report-reddit-outage-thursday-morning-second-in-24-hours\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Users Report Reddit Outage Thursday Morning\u2014Second In 24 Hours<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Conor Murray<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/673f552525de9d3d8a6daaea\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=170&amp;cropX2=3543&amp;cropY1=189&amp;cropY2=2086);\"\/><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mollybohannon\/2024\/12\/11\/facebook-and-instagram-outage-meta-says-its-99-of-the-way-to-being-fixed\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Meta apps Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were experiencing issues Wednesday afternoon as thousands of people reported outages for the apps on DownDetector\u2014though Meta said just after 5:30 p.m. EST &hellip; 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