Meta Experiences Widespread Outage Across Major Platforms
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Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, experienced a global outage affecting users across multiple regions such as the UK, Europe, Asia, and the US. The issues began around 18:00 GMT, with over 22,000 reports for Facebook and 18,000 for WhatsApp on Downdetector. Meta acknowledged a technical issue and is working to restore services, with most users expected to regain access shortly. This follows a significant outage in 2021 when Meta's services were down for nearly six hours.
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