Facebook and Instagram Experience Major Outage
On September 20, Facebook and Instagram users reported an outage: apps failed to load, and photos and videos were unavailable. Complaints on Downdetector exceeded 17,000, peaking at 21:25 US Eastern Time. Meta's official status page did not confirm the issue.
- Over 17,000 Facebook complaints on Downdetector
- Outage peaked at 21:25 ET on September 20
- Instagram affected less, with fewer complaints
- Meta did not confirm outage on status page
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