Unless you’re one of the few who don’t have social media, you probably noticed that your Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps weren’t working on December 11. It turned out that Meta went through a widespread outage later that morning and afternoon. For hours, businesses, influencers and other users wondered when the apps would be back up.
Meta shared a statement via X that day, tweeting that the company was “aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps.” Meta added, “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and apologize for any inconvenience.”
Instagram also issued a statement via X acknowledging the issue.
Why Is Facebook Down?
In its official X statement, Meta noted that it was experiencing a “technical issue” that was “impacting some users’ ability to access our apps,” including Facebook. The company did not specify what the issue …