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Meta Outage: Facebook and Instagram Down for Thousands of US Users
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Firstpost•21-09-2026, 08:11
Meta Outage: Facebook and Instagram Down for Thousands of US Users
- •Facebook and Instagram experienced an apparent outage in the US on Sunday evening, affecting thousands of users.
- •Downdetector reported over 17,000 problems for Facebook and more than 5,000 for Instagram by 9:11 PM ET.
- •The outage tracking website compiles user reports to identify potential service interruptions.
- •The exact nature, cause, and full extent of the disruption beyond the US were not immediately clear.
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By 9:11 pm ET, Facebook recorded over 17,000 reports of problems, while Instagram accumulated more than 5,000 reports on Downdetector.
The specific nature and cause of the disruption were not immediately clear from the available information, and there was no immediate indication of how widely the problem extended beyond the US.
Downdetector compiles reports from users and various other sources to identify potential service interruptions, meaning its figures can rise or fall independently of the actual total number of affected customers.
