WhatsApp and all Meta platforms hit with global outage

All Meta-owned social sites including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp were hit with a global outage on Tuesday, as users across the globe submitted thousands of inaccessibility reports. 

Real-time internet and social media outage and monitoring service, Downdetector.pk, reported the Meta-owned social sites' outage across the globe around 8:16pm. 

Users on Instagram were unable to view the content on the picture-sharing platform as a message "Something went wrong" appeared every time they tried to access the site. 

Meanwhile, login sessions on Facebook and Messenger expired as the users found themselves logged out of the apps. They were "unable to log in" again as a pop-up saying "an unexpected error occurred" appeared while trying to access Facebook.

However, a spokesperson for the tech giant later confirmed the restoration of social sites with an apology for users' "inconvenience".

"Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience," the spox stated.