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Facebook and Instagram appear to down

Engadget · Jun 12, 2026, 2:48 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Whats App and Instagram also seem to have limited functionality for some users.
  • Yalcin Sonat/Shutterstock Meta's apps seem to be experiencing issues.
  • Meta Status, which tracks outages across Meta's services, is reporting "high disruptions" for a number of services under the company's umbrella.

Whats App and Instagram also seem to have limited functionality for some users.

Yalcin Sonat/Shutterstock Meta's apps seem to be experiencing issues. Andy Stone, the company's Vice President of Communications wrote on X, "we're aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services. We're working on it." Reports began spiking on Down Detector a little after 9am ET for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whats App.

Meta Status, which tracks outages across Meta's services, is reporting "high disruptions" for a number of services under the company's umbrella. Meta has issued an update on the website which says its engineers are working on the issue and that it will provide an update within an hour or sooner if more information becomes available.

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