By Mary Onyia
Meta apologises to users of social media sites; WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, for the difficulties experienced in accessing these apps, following a universal disruption of services, due to technical hitches.
Over 130,000 users globally are reportedly affected by the problem, extending to the UK, parts of Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.
According to Downdetector, a platform that tracks online outages, Facebook leads the pack with over 100,000 complainants, followed by Instagram with 62,000, WhatsApp with 11,000, Messenger with 10,000, and Threads with 871.
In a statement on X, Meta Newsroom wrote: “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.”