{
  "id": 8828367,
  "title": "Meta's social networks down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/metas-social-networks-down-for-thousands-of-users-in-us-downdetector-8828367",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-21T03:25:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440466/metas-social-networks-down-for-thousands-of-users-in-us-downdetector-says"
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  "summary": "Meta’s social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users in the US on Sunday, according to Downdetector. There were more than 17,000 reports of issues with Facebook, as of 9:11 PM ET, and more than 5,000 outages on Instagram as well, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. Meta did not immediately…",
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        "title": "Meta's social networks down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/metas-social-networks-down-for-thousands-of-users-in-us-downdetector",
        "published": "2026-09-21T01:46:23.000Z"
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      {
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        "title": "Meta’s social networks down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/metas-social-networks-down-for-thousands-of-users-in-us-downdetector-8816868",
        "published": "2026-09-21T01:48:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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