Facebook resumes functionality after users report brief worldwide outage

Over 62,000 reports of issues with Facebook, more than 8,000 reports ​of issues with Instagram

Facebook-parent Meta said on Friday that users were ​having trouble accessing the social ‌media company's services.

"We're aware people are currently having trouble accessing ​our services. We're working ​on it," the company's spokesperson, Andy ⁠Stone, said in a ​post on X.

We're aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services. We're working on it.

There were more ​than 62,000 reports of issues with Facebook. more than 8,000 reports ​of issues with Instagram ​as of 10:11am ET, according ‌to⁠Downdetector.com, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

Since the ​numbers on ​Downdetector ⁠are based on user-submitted reports, the actual number ​of affected users may ​vary.

Meta ⁠did not immediately respond to aReutersrequest for ⁠comment ​on the cause ​of the outage.

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