Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram recovering after outage
File: A smartphone and a computer screen displaying the logos of the Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and their parent company Meta. (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)
Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook were down for some users Wednesday thanks to a wider outage at parent company Meta, reports indicate.
NetBlocks and DownDetector, two services that monitor internet capability, both reported widespread complaints from users.
Reports of issues began around 2 p.m. EDT, according to DownDetector. However, they were beginning to taper off by 2:45 p.m. and had mostly cleared up by 5 p.m.
Users outside of the U.S. appeared to be most affected, NetBlocks reported.
There was no immediate word from Meta.