"Global Outage: Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Services Offline"

Meta platforms Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram suffered a global outage, with image and media uploads being the most affected. The outage began around 2 p.m. ET, with WhatsApp going down first, followed by Instagram and Facebook. The outage also impacted the Messenger API, Messenger Platform, WhatsApp Business API, and Ads Transparency tool. While some users were still able to send messages on WhatsApp, they weren't being delivered. Meta's official WhatsApp account acknowledged the issues and assured users that they were working on resolving them.