The Northern Express Herald

Meta platforms hit by global outage, Facebook and Messenger down in NZ

Meta is suffering a widespread outage across some of its key platforms tonight.
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.

Many using Instagram started experiencing issues connecting with the platform around 8.35pm.

Ynet global news reported the issue was widespread with thousands of users unable to access Meta’s platforms.

It said more than 4000 users had reported issues including failed logins, frozen feeds and disrupted messaging.

Users attempting to access Facebook are being faced with the message: "Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes."
Users attempting to access Facebook are being faced with the message: "Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes."

Downdetector reported issues across the globe, with users noticing problems with Facebook since 7.55pm.

It said WhatsApp was also affected by the outage.

One user in Australia said they had found Facebook was “playing up” this morning in Sydney.

Another said they were unable to upload any stories on Instagram. However, the platform appears to be working in New Zealand.

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