On Wednesday, March 20th, reports emerged of a global outage affecting Facebook Messenger and Instagram, causing difficulties for users trying to access their accounts. The disruption began around 10:45 am ET and affected users in the US, the UK, parts of Europe, and Asia, with other regions also experiencing impacts, as per a report by dailymail.co.uk.
DownDetector, a platform monitoring online disturbances, registered issues with the apps, websites, and user account access. The cause of the problem remains unidentified, occurring just 15 days after a previous outage attributed to internal issues with social media platforms.
While many expressed frustration over the outage, some found humor in the situation.
