Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread outages Tuesday morning‚ according to Downdetector. Messenger and Threads also reported outages. Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users reported difficulties accessing their accounts around mid-morning Tuesday Eastern Standard Time. “Earlier today‚ a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted‚ and we apologize for any inconvenience‚” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said. Earlier today‚ a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted‚ and we apologize for any inconvenience. https://t.co/ybyyAZNAMn — Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5‚ 2024 Per CNN Business: Some users found they had been logged out of their Facebook accounts. Others got notifications on Instagram that “something went wrong” and their feeds could not be loaded. Threads‚ Meta’s competitor to Elon Musk’s X‚ also went down and showed users a popup that said “Something went wrong‚ please try again later” in place of their feed. About an hour and a half after the outage reports started ticking up‚ fewer than 80‚000 people were reporting issues with Facebook‚ according to Downdetector. Reports about Instagram and Messenger had also dropped sharply. Downdetector is a measure of only the users who report issues‚ so the real number of affected users is likely higher. Meta’s status page on Tuesday showed “major disruptions” impacting Facebook login‚ as well as some other areas of the platform. BREAKING: Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Messenger are now down on Super Tuesday. Meta platforms suddenly stop working in huge outage. Many users unable to access services and communicate. pic.twitter.com/axRht7DO44 — Simon Ateba (@simonateba) March 5‚ 2024 BREAKING: All social media platforms worldwide are experiencing outages‚ except for X and Telegram. pic.twitter.com/oTN6Btk1fk — The General (@GeneralMCNews) March 5‚ 2024 “If you’re reading this post‚ it’s because our servers are working‚” Elon Musk commented. If you’re reading this post‚ it’s because our servers are working — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5‚ 2024 Instagram‚ Facebook‚ and YouTube are down. Meanwhile on X… pic.twitter.com/RBetVHEgB0 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 5‚ 2024 CBS News noted: Facebook users from across the globe reported that they were unable to log in to the service‚ ranging from Egypt to Oklahoma‚ according to DownDetector. Some people on social media expressed concern that their accounts had been hacked because they had been booted out of the service and were unable to get back in with their passwords. “Meta platforms including Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Messenger and Threads are currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering‚” according to NetBlocks‚ a global internet monitor‚ on X. Meta Quest’s artificial reality headsets were also signed out‚ according to tech site 9to5Mac. The issue represents a “major outage incident‚” wrote NetBlocks director of research Isik Mater on X. “[E]ven the company’s official status page is currently showing status ‘Unknown’ across the board.” Facebook has more than 2 billion daily active users worldwide‚ according to Meta.