Meta platforms hit by global outage, Facebook and Messenger down in NZ
Meta platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp experienced a widespread global outage. Users reported issues with logins, feeds, and messaging, though services were restored for many after several hours.
Why it matters
As Meta platforms are critical infrastructure for global communication and business, outages highlight the fragility of centralized digital services.
Meta is suffering a widespread outage across some of its key platforms tonight.
Meta platforms across the world have been hit by an outage this evening, with people unable to access popular social media sites on desktop browsers.
Facebook users are being told their account is temporarily unavailable due to a site issue.
A message from Meta says it is expected to be resolved shortly.
Downdetector shows Facebook problems have been reported across New Zealand with hundreds of users reporting the glitch around 7.47pm.
The platform was restored for some users around an hour and a half later.
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