As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 150,000 users have reported the outage of Meta’s WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram apps. downdetector.com,
More than 96,000 Facebook users reported problems accessing the app, according to a website that tracks service disruptions, with reports peaking just before 1 p.m.
More than 69,000 Instagram users reported similar problems accessing the Photos app, and more than 12,000 users reported outages in Meta’s secure messaging app WhatsApp. downdetector.com,
According to the maps on the website, reports came in from users across the country, with a large number of reports coming from users in cities like New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.