Meta is DOWN: Facebook, Instagram and Messenger hit with worldwide outage leaving users unable to access accounts - 2 weeks after platforms were knocked offline by an 'internal' issue

Meta's Facebook, Instagram and Messenger are down worldwide, leaving user unable to scroll, post or contact friends.

The outage appeared around 10:45am ET, hitting the US, the UK, parts of Europe and Asia - other nations have also been impacted.

DownDetector, a site that monitors online disturbances, reported issues with the apps, websites and users accessing accounts.

What has sparked the problem is not yet know, but comes 15 days since the social media platforms were knocked offline due to an internal issue.

Meta's Facebook , Instagram and Messenger are down worldwide, leaving user unable to scroll, post or contact friends

What has sparked the problem is not yet know, but comes 15 days since the social media platforms were knocked offline due to an internal issue

Issue reports submitted by users to DownDetector show there are more problems with Facebook, followed by Messenger and then Instagram.

However, for all three more than 60 percent of reports noted the apps are not working properly - 67 percent for Facebook, 61 percent for Messenger and Instagram's app sits at 66 percent.

On Facebook, users are seeing notifications that their accounts have been suspended or their session has expired and are asked to login again.

Messenger's issues are showing users as being 'unavailable to friends.'

While some people have said they can send messengers, but recipients are not able to reply. 

And Instagram users are reporting issues with comments, messaging and News Feed. 

The outage appeared around 10:45am ET, hitting the US, the UK, parts of Europe and Asia - other nations have also been impacted

Facebook users are not sure if they are the only ones having problems with the social media platform

The outage appeared around 10:45am ET, hitting the US, the UK, parts of Europe and Asia - other nations have also been impacted. Many X users are sure Elon Musk is celebrating the outage due to his platform rivaling Meta's

Users of the platform are flocking to Elon Musk's X to share their frustrations, but also see if they are the only ones experiencing problems.

'Is Facebook really down again ? Or is it just me,' one user posted on X. 

While another Instagram users asked: 'Can't able to load feed, comments, chat since morning! Is anyone facing the same issue?'

Both #Facebookdown and #Instgramdown are trending on X, sparking a flood of what appears to be scammers claiming they can help people regain access to their social media accounts. 

Many users are poking fun at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on X

Instagram users are reporting issues with comments, messaging and News Feed 

Both #Facebookdown and #Instgramdown are trending on X, sparking a flood of what appears to be scammers claiming they can help people regain access to their social media accounts

Wednesday's outage has brought up memories of the one that hit on March 5, which seemed to spark chaos online worldwide. 

While it lasted for no more than two hours, users were outraged by not being able to access the three social media platforms. 

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 Facebook's seven-hour blackout that cost the company an estimated $100million in lost revenue alone was made worse because staff were working from home, an insider has claimed.

A source inside Facebook told DailyMail.com that the company's internal systems were also down, which may have led to the issues - it is unclear if similar problems sparked today's outage.

The majority of issue reports also cited problems with the apps – 72 percent for Facebook, 64 percent for Instagram and Messenger is at 50 percent. 

Meta's service dashboard, which lists its services, continued to show major disruptions for some features – but then switched to 'Unknown' for all or completely blank. 

While reason for both outages have remained unclear, it comes three years after Facebook experienced a seven-hour blackout that cost the company an estimated $100million in lost revenue.

The global outage – which hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger – was caused when a faulty update that disconnected its servers from the internet, meaning engineers had to travel to its Santa Clara data center to fix the glitch in-person.

But the repair was delayed, according to one insider who was posting on Reddit, because of 'lower staffing in data centers due to pandemic measures'.

The glitch, which prompted calls for a break-up of big tech firms, also brought down messaging services that remote-working staff use to communicate.

So those who knew how to fix the servers couldn't get that information to the teams inside the data-center, the insider said.

Also disabled were key-fob entry systems at Facebook's main campus in Menlo, meaning those who had been WFH but rushed back to the office could not get inside while those already inside were unable to access conference rooms and other areas that required a pass.