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Instagram and Facebook Mostly Restored After Global Outage
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Instagram and Facebook Mostly Restored After Global Outage

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Meta's social media platforms, Instagram and Facebook, experienced widespread outages affecting users globally.
  • The issues, primarily related to login problems, began around 13:30 GMT and impacted users in countries including the United States, Canada, the UK, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain.
  • Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the company was working on a fix, and services gradually returned to normal, though full restoration might take time.

Instagram and Facebook are largely back online after a significant global outage that disrupted services for hours on Friday.

Users worldwide began reporting login issues and other problems around 13:30 GMT, with Downdetector tracking thousands of complaints. The outages affected users across North America, South America, and Europe, including major markets like the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain.

Meta, the parent company of both platforms, acknowledged the disruptions. "We are back, although it may take a little time for everything to return completely to normal," wrote Meta spokesperson Andy Stone on X, formerly Twitter. The company had previously stated it was working to resolve the technical difficulties.

The peak of reported incidents occurred between 13:45 and 14:00 GMT. In the United States alone, Facebook saw approximately 114,000 outage reports, with Instagram receiving about 10,000 and Facebook Messenger around 16,000. By 18:00 GMT, these numbers had significantly decreased, with Facebook in the U.S. reporting only 300-400 complaints. WhatsApp also experienced some global incidents, though user reports were less frequent.

We are back, although it may take a little time for everything to return completely to normal.

— Andy StoneMeta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed on X that services were being restored after the global outage.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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