Facebook and Instagram Are Down

May 21, 2023, 6:42pm

In this photo illustration a Meta logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen with Facebook and Instagram logos on a MacBook screen in Athens, Greece on April 28, 2023. (Photo illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

If you’re experiencing issues logging into Facebook and Instagram Sunday afternoon, you’re not alone. Around 6:00 p.m. Eastern, both social media platforms began experiencing widespread outages; so much so, #InstagramDown quickly became a trending topic around the world on Twitter. In fact, the outages don’t appear to be affecting any one area in particular, with Downdetector showing outages for the Meta-owned services both across the United States and in international markets.

As of now, neither Facebook and Instagram have yet to acknowledge the outage. A Meta status page shows all system are running with “No known issues,” with the exception of its Graph API service which is exhibiting “Some disruptions.”