Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Back Up After Brief Outage for Thousands
Reports by users showed more than 112,000 issues on Facebook's website, while 101,000 Instagram users and 516 WhatsApp users reported problems.
By Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Reuters | Updated: 9 April 2021 12:04 IST
This is the second major outage by the Menlo Park headquartered company in a month
Highlights
The outages might be affecting a larger number of users
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users were affected for an hour almost
Facebook's platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Reports by users showed more than 112,000 issues on Facebook's website, while 101,000 Instagram users and 516 WhatsApp users reported problems as of 6pm ET on Thursday (3:30am IST, Friday).