Facebook and Instagram experienced a significant outage, leaving users unable to access their accounts and load the sites as normal. This incident, attributed to a “technical issue,” took place on a Tuesday, affecting not only these platforms but also other Meta-owned services such as Messenger and Threads. Reports from the outage tracking website Downdetector indicated that there were over 300,000 outage reports for Facebook and more than 120,000 for Instagram during the disruption period.

Meta’s head of communications, Andy Stone, acknowledged the outage and assured users that the issue had been swiftly resolved, apologizing for any inconvenience caused. In a humorous response to the situation, Elon Musk commented on the social media platform X, suggesting the services were back online if users could see his post.

The widespread nature of the outage underlined the critical role these platforms play in the daily lives of millions, with the issue quickly being addressed and resolved by Meta.