Facebook and Instagram users report major outage worldwide

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Some Facebook users are experiencing issues. Photo / 123rf
NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Historic rates increase hits Auckland as Mayor Wayne Brown blames individual councillors.

Thousands of people worldwide are reporting issues with social media platforms Facebook and Instagram this morning.

According to outage-tracking site Downdetector, issues began being reported about 9am.

There’s been more than 900 reports in New Zealand within an hour and a further 3900 in Australia.

Tens of thousands of reports have also surfaced in the United Kingdom and United States.

By 10:40am, reports of issues on Downdetector had dropped off significantly, including New Zealand where it was down to just five.

Facebook and Instagram are owned by Meta Platforms.

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