Facebook experienced a worldwide outage that temporarily prevented users from accessing their accounts and presented an “account is currently unavailable” message. The outage began around 4:15 PM ET, impacted related services like the WhatsApp Business API, and was resolved by 6:21 PM ET, although Facebook has not disclosed the cause. #Facebook #Meta
Keypoints
- The outage began around 4:15 PM ET and affected Facebook users globally.
- Users encountered an “account is currently unavailable due to a site issue” message when trying to access Facebook.
- DownDetector showed widespread reports while Meta’s status page noted high disruptions to Ad Manager, Instagram Boost, and the WhatsApp Business API.
- Facebook restored access by 6:21 PM ET and users were once again able to sign in.
- Facebook has not provided an explanation for the outage, and BleepingComputer is awaiting comment.