With our inevitable addiction to social media, I assure you that as soon as you log into Facebook or Instagram, it feels like the end of the world. Trying to access your account, it showed an “error” or worse, “session expired” and then forced you to log in again; however, the issue persisted. We do not mind readers, but there’s a good chance that seeing this made you feel a bit panicked, and understandably so, it seems like a hack, and since we know their tricks, it’s better to be cautious.
Fortunately, there’s always someone you can ask, “Is Meta down?” And it’s good if they could confirm it immediately for you, but if not, here are more details about what happened.
Why Can’t I Access Facebook and Instagram?
First of all, take a breath, you’re not a victim of any account theft, it’s an error, and it was global. There are no details yet on what happened, but users from various countries reported it on the Downdetector platform. Furthermore, with these two major Meta platforms not working, Internet users rushed to seek refuge in X, formerly known as Twitter. From 8:30 am, they began to notice the outage under the hashtags #FacebookDown and #InstagramDown.
The last time more than one Meta platform went down was in 2023, but it was nothing compared to the outage on October 4, 2022, when practically Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp “shut down” for several hours. At that time, we even remembered that text messages existed… Meta hasn’t commented on the matter yet, so we can only wait for the service to be restored. There’s no need to change your password or anything else, only wait… While that happens, here are some of the best memes that the Facebook and Instagram outage has brought us.
(Elon Musk likes this, lol)
Hilarious Memes Spawned by Meta’s Crash
This story was written in Spanish by Nayeli Párraga in Cultura Colectiva.
