Meta Platforms Outage Update
Popular platforms owned by Mark Zuckerburg, including Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and others, again experienced widespread outages. A spokesperson explained the cause.
On Tuesday, worldwide users started facing errors when using their Meta social sites, Instagram. Later, it caused widespread disruption in the platform’s entire access process. According to Meta, an unspecified “technical issue” was the reason for the worldwide Facebook and Instagram outages that may have prevented millions of people from accessing their accounts.
Meta acknowledged the issue and stated:
Users found that the app would not work or that they had been inexplicably locked out and could not log back in. Tens of thousands of users claimed they could not access their accounts. Addressing the issue faced in accessing Meta platforms,YouTube, and other social media sites.
A technical problem earlier today made it impossible for certain users to access some of our services. We apologize for any difficulty caused, and we fixed the issue as soon as possible for everyone affected, Mr. Stone added.
Users expressed concern on social media platform outages
This unexplained internet behavior from Meta turns out to be meme material. People started shooting jokes in captions, images, and funny GIFs showing how Elon Musk‘s X (formerly Twitter) is better than other social sites. Many users are concerned about facing issues logging in or using Facebook and Instagram by tagging the Meta owner.
Meta apologises for social platforms being down
On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of users reported disruptions on the platforms controlled by Meta, which were momentarily unavailable. While other news reports write maybe the reason behind Meta platforms getting down is “their more features and adding.”. The core team posted on X with their official handle, Meta Newsroom, “Sometimes you have to fix that typo.”
Sometimes you have to fix that typo 🤷https://t.co/bigVZWyAeu
— Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) March 4, 2024
Further, the team tweets, “We know some people were having trouble accessing our apps earlier. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, and thank you for your patience while our teams worked quickly to resolve!”
We know some people were having trouble accessing our apps earlier. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, and thank you for your patience while our teams worked quickly to resolve!
— Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) March 5, 2024
On the post, a few users thanked the team for updating, while many users seemed to be freaking out over the continuous error occurring in accessing the handle.
X founder, Elon Musk, writes:
Considering the Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and other social site outages, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, writes, “If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working.”
If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024
It got eye-catching within minutes, and users started tweeting to favor “X.”. A user wrote, “đť•Ź is superior to Facebook and Instagram.” Another user tweeted, “Those websites should go down more often. Get the users to flock to X. It’s a world of difference. Free speech and news you won’t see elsewhere. Maybe wake up a few brainwashed people.” and agrees with the context.
Many users thank Elon Musk for providing an error-free social media platform—no wonder the entire X handle is swamped with Meta-meme material.
Yes this place is very safe pic.twitter.com/vBc6AMbCic
— प्रिया निनावे (@_priya9) March 5, 2024
Later, Mr. Musk posted a cartoon-featured meme, in which the X platform seems to be leading the other social media sites.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2024
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