{"id":1153,"date":"2026-07-19T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:32:40","slug":"facebook-and-instagram-users-reporting-some-outages-say-internet-watchdogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Instagram users reporting some outages, say internet watchdogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amayei.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/07\/gettyimages-2285177149_jpg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Facebook and Instagram users reporting some outages, say internet watchdogs\" title=\"Facebook and Instagram users reporting some outages, say internet watchdogs\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrkz18o005028qgaf8a8tq0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Some Facebook and Instagram users reported international outages Sunday, leaving them unable to access their feeds, according to two internet watchdogs and a CNN check of the platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrl6e0m000a356ryfk40nh8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">More than 23,000 users reported problems with Facebook in the United States alone between 3:44 and 5:02 a.m ET Sunday morning, at which point the number of reports drops dramatically, said DownDetector, which monitors internet services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrm1yfr000h356rsr5iklxm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">And at least 18,000 reports flagged problems with Instagram in the US during the same timeframe, according to DownDetector\u2019s data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrl4tbs0008356rdc4eub7f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Internet watchdog NetBlocks, which monitors worldwide internet access, noted that Facebook and Instagram users were experiencing international outages, unrelated to any country-level internet disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrl3zjl0006356r4p1a7fa7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">CNN has contacted Meta, the parent company of the two social media platforms, for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrmagxw000m356rflzs5y30@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">During the outage, affected Facebook users received an error message saying their account was \u201ccurrently unavailable due to a site issue,\u201d and were asked to try logging in again \u201cin a few minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmrrnqf6w000u356r1dhlfsza@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">WhatsApp, which is also owned by Meta, appeared not to experience problems during the outage.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/6419244\/Sub_Desktop_V --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Facebook and Instagram users reported international outages Sunday, leaving them unable to access their feeds, according to two internet watchdogs and a CNN check of the platforms. 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