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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads back after widespread outage

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A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. Users of Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage.
Tony Avelar | AP

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Updated 11:30 a.m.

Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms are back after users experienced login issues Tuesday morning.

Internet traffic observer Down Detector reported vast outages on several Meta platforms Tuesday. The problems were reported across the world, suggesting that the outage could be global.

London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks said on X that the four Meta platforms were “currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries.” But the firm, which advocates for internet freedom, said there was no sign of “country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” which are typically imposed by governments.

After acknowledging the issues on X, Andy Stone, Meta's head of communications then said: “We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”