A “technical issue” is impacting users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta has said.
In a statement on the X social media platform, the tech firm wrote: “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps.
“We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologise for any inconvenience.”
According to Downdetector, which allows people to report problems with popular apps and websites, shows a big spike in reports of issues with Meta services shortly around 6pm.
There were 23,000 reports about Facebook at 6.04pm, with nearly 18,000 reports about WhatsApp at 6.38pm.
Facebook’s UK login page said the site was down for maintenance.
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