Key facts
- Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms experienced outages on Sunday, July 19.
- Thousands of users in the U.S. reported issues with website access on Facebook and app functionality on Instagram.
- Intermittent access to both platforms was confirmed in Singapore.
- A separate report indicates a major disruption occurred on Tuesday morning, affecting platform features worldwide.
- Issues on Tuesday included problems with comment engagement on Instagram and login difficulties on Facebook.
- StatusGator detected a potential outage at Meta, with Meta Business Suite and related services unavailable.
Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms experienced significant disruptions on Sunday, with users worldwide reporting issues accessing the services. According to Downdetector, thousands of users in the United States filed reports concerning problems with Facebook's website and Instagram's app functionality. Reuters confirmed intermittent access to both platforms in Singapore.
A separate report detailed a massive outage on Tuesday morning, which began around 9:00 AM EDT and affected primary platform features globally. Users reported difficulties engaging with comments on Instagram and accessing profiles on Facebook, with login problems being a primary concern. Connectivity issues also impacted Facebook Messenger and Instacart during this period. Meta had not issued an official statement regarding the cause of the Tuesday outage.
StatusGator, a service monitoring platform, also detected a potential outage at Meta, noting that Meta Business Suite and related services were unavailable. The platform indicated that there had been 893 user-submitted reports of outages in the past 24 hours, suggesting ongoing issues despite a lack of official acknowledgment.
