Meta Platforms Suffers Major Outage Affecting Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads

Meta is currently experiencing a major outage across all its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The outages appear to have started shortly before 1pm Eastern and are being experienced by a significant number of users. It’s unclear how broad the global reach of the outages is, but users from various parts of the world have confirmed Meta’s services being down or encountering issues.