Facebook, Instagram, Messenger Down Again, Second Time In A Week

Facebook agreed that users were facing problems to access its apps and products, and said it is working to get things 'back to normal as quickly as possible'

Many users reported that they were not able to use Facebook, Instagram and Messenger

New Delhi: For the second time in a week, Facebook social media apps were down again late Friday. 

Many users reported that they were not able to use Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.

This comes days after a server update led to a global outage for more than seven hours on Monday.

Downdetector, a web monitoring group, showed there were over 32,000 incidents of users reporting issues with Instagram around 7pm GMT on Friday, Dailymail reported.  

Over 1,600 users also reported a Facebook outage around the same time, the report said, adding that Facebook Messenger was also slightly affected with more than 800 people reporting issues.

Facebook agreed that users were facing problems to access its apps and products.

“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience,” the social media giant posted on Twitter around 12.50 am (IST). 

We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience.

— Facebook (@Facebook) October 8, 2021

Instagram said: 'We know some of you may be having some issues using Instagram right now. We're so sorry and are working as quickly as possible to fix.”

We know some of you may be having some issues using Instagram right now (🥲). We’re so sorry and are working as quickly as possible to fix.

— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 8, 2021

The outage comes four days after a global collapse blocked access to apps for billions of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users. 

Offering an apology, Santosh Janardhan, Facebook's Vice President of Engineering and Infrastructure, said in a blog post the collapse impacted many of Facebook's internal tools and systems also, which made it harder to solve the issue.

In a Facebook post, company head Mark Zuckerberg had said on October 5: "Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger are coming back online now. Sorry for the disruption today -- I know how much you rely on our services to stay connected with the people you care about."

Facebook has been under scrutiny with a former employee, Frances Haugen, telling a US Senate panel that her ex-company puts 'profits' over 'safety' and well-being of its users.

In response, Zuckerberg posted a long statement on Facebook, saying the allegations "don't make any sense", and that they do not reflect what Facebook stands for.