Facebook and instagram down: Live updates as users report outage and login issues

Facebook and instagram down: Live updates as users report outage and login issues Thousands of Facebook users have reported being kicked off the platform, some in the middle of calls, as the website seems to have gone down across the world Facebook users are reporting being unable to login to their accounts this afternoon as the social media platform experiences a serious outage. Users on the website downforeveryoneorjustme.com issued a massive spike in reports, with 9,245 at 2pm reporting trouble accessing the Meta software. Users from the UK, Germany, the US, the Philippines, Australia and Bulgaria were among those reporting issues accessing the app today. Downdetector - the website millions use to track online outages - also appears to be experiencing issues. It comes during the ongoing Meta disruption, which is impacting access to Facebook and Instagram accounts. People unable to access Facebook have taken to reddit to vent their frustration. A Reddit post titled: “Is Facebook down for everyone? It just suddenly booted me out of it and Messenger,” had more than 900 replies as people chimed in with their experiences. “Also got logged out. Good to know its not just me,” one user wrote. “Thought I got hacked and lost it all lol,” said another. Another added: “Just got forced logged out from both messenger and the regular app. “In Germany, if that matters. Apparently it's happening, like, everywhere at the moment.” While a fourth person said: “suddenly booted out of the app while in a call on a browser, then the call froze. followed by IG not loading. “Meta is down for the count!”