WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook apps hit by outage - BBC News

Services have been restored after users of Meta platforms reported problems on Wednesday.

8 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Jemma DempseyBBC NewsWhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram all went down briefly on Wednesday during a major outage at parent company Meta.

Thousands of app users reported issues accessing the three sites late in the day, with people taking to other social media to air grievances.

Meta's status site later indicated that most issues had been resolved. The company has so far not responded to a request for comment.

Problems began around 18:00 BST (14:00 EST) on Wednesday.

The UK site Downdetector, which monitors the performance of websites, indicated around 82,000 issues with WhatsApp at 18:25 but an hour later the issue appeared to have been largely resolved.

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