Facebook, Instagram recover after outage hits thousands of users
META’S Facebook and Instagram recovered after a brief outage disrupted services for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector.com. The disruption began at about 8.55pm Eastern Time on Sept 20, or 8.55am on Sept 21 Singapore t...
Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms experienced a brief outage on September 20, affecting thousands of users in the United States. The disruption began around 8:55pm Eastern Time, with reports peaking at over 17,000 for Facebook and 5,000 for Instagram. By about 10pm ET, reports had sharply decreased, indicating that both services had largely recovered.
Downdetector, which tracks service disruptions, recorded more than 17,000 reports for Facebook and 5,000 for Instagram at the peak of the outage. In Singapore, Facebook saw 229 reports at 9:26am and Instagram recorded 109 reports at 9:25am. The company has not yet commented on the cause of the outage. This incident echoes a similar disruption in July, when Downdetector logged up to 4,808 reports of issues with Facebook and 2,829 with Instagram.
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