Facebook and Instagram experience widespread outage, now restored

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, affecting thousands of users who reported login issues and inability to access their accounts. The outage, attributed to a technical issue, lasted for a few hours before being resolved. Meta, the parent company of the platforms, apologized for the inconvenience caused by the outage. Similar outages have occurred in the past, with Meta working to quickly address the issues and restore service for users.

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