11:02am CST Update: It seems many are now able to log back into the popular social media now.
Tuesday March 5th, 2024, numerous reports of outages on popular social media applications such as Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp are being reported by users across the US. The cause is unknown and how long they will be down is yet to be determined. Internet site monitoring companies like Down Detector report a spike in users around 10:30 EST of having access problems to these applications. They are reporting hundreds of thousands of reports currently across the United States and now globally with users unable to access their accounts.
No immediate response from Meta, the brand owner of these applications, from our request for comment.
Updates will be posted as they are known.
