Meta apps down worldwide for hours
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads failed for users worldwide for several hours before Meta restored service.
- Service
- Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
- Date
- 11 December 2024
- Cause
- Unknown
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- Android Central ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Meta apps down worldwide for hours”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 11 Dec 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-12-11-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Android Central, https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/facebook-whatsapp-and-instagram-are-down-as-meta-faces-widespread-outage.
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