Social media went dark on Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, as a major outage swept across Meta's platforms globally. Popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all stopped working and reportedly took hours before getting restored. (AFP)Zuckerberg's losses mount in Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp downtimeOn Tuesday, many users were suddenly logged out of Facebook, causing confusion and frustration. A Facebook insider informed DailyMail.com that their internal systems were down during the outage, with Meta’s service dashboard indicating "major disruptions" across several services." Meta might be exploring changes like allowing users to separate their Facebook and Instagram accounts to prevent combining personal data for targeted ads.

Source: Hindustan Times March 06, 2024 05:21 UTC