Facebook, Instagram Face Major Glitch, Thousands Of Users Affected Worldwide

New Delhi: Facebook suffered a worldwide login outage on Sunday, affecting thousands of users, while the cause of the disruption remained unclear. Social networking site Facebook is down all over the world.

What is the issue?

The globally popular social media platform Facebook suddenly went down on Sunday. Due to the technical issue, a large number of users faced difficulties accessing their accounts, sending messages, and uploading photos and videos.

The number of Facebook complaints on the outage tracking website Downdetector increased rapidly within a short time, indicating that the problem was not limited to a single region, with users in several countries affected by the technical glitch.

Users are seeing this message: "Account temporarily unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We hope to resolve this issue soon. Please try again in a few minutes."

How are people reacting?

Following the Facebook outage, some people reported being unable to log into their accounts. For some users, the Facebook website was taking a long time to load or was failing to load at all.

Many users complained that they were unable to log into their Facebook accounts. Some repeatedly saw error messages, while others were unable to use common features of the platform. Additionally, many reported problems uploading photos and videos to Facebook. The desktop version also malfunctioned for some users.

Based on user feedback, preliminary information suggests that the problem was most prevalent on Facebook's web platform. Many reported that the mobile app worked normally, but there were problems opening Facebook via a browser. However, some users also reported slow response times and loading issues on the app itself.