Posted 4/3/2024, 7:04:00 PM
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram Hit by Major Global Outage
- Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram experience global outage starting around 2pm ET
- WhatsApp went down first, followed by Instagram and Facebook 30 minutes later
- Image and media uploads most affected, no indications of country-level disruptions
- Meta status page shows "major disruptions" for several services including Instagram API
- Some users still able to send WhatsApp messages but delivery affected; WhatsApp tweets working to restore service
