WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook down: Meta acknowledges 'technical issue'

Instagram and WhatsApp are now back online after a mass global outage affected several Meta-owned apps on Wednesday.

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Facebook has yet to confirm whether all its issues have been resolved.

Meta on Thursday confirmed that a technical issue is "impacting some users' ability" globally to access its suite of applications: WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook.

While Meta did not provide specific details about the nature of the problem, the company assured users that it is actively working on a resolution.In a statement shared on its social media handle, 'X', the company stated, "We're aware that a technical issue is impacting some users' ability to access our apps. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologise for any inconvenience."