Thousands of users in the United States could not access social media apps of Meta Platforms on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
More than 18,000 Instagram users reported issues with accessing the app and about 13,000 incidents were reported for the Facebook app, according to Downdetector.com. Outage reports also spiked for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, Downdetector.com data showed.
Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including user-submitted errors on its platform.
