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Facebook and Instagram users around the world reported issues accessing the platforms on Friday (Jun 12), according to outage tracking sites and complaints on rival social media platforms.
In Singapore, reports about Facebook spiked on Downdetector, which collates status reports from several sources, at about 9pm.
Facebook Messenger, as well as the main app and website, appeared to be affected. Users were shown an error message indicating that "something went wrong" and that Facebook was "working on it".
According to outage-tracking website StatusGator, users in the Philippines, India, Australia, Canada and the United States reported issues with Meta's various applications.
An error message displayed for users trying to log in to Facebook.
The disruption adds to a series of intermittent outages affecting Meta’s family of apps in recent years, including Facebook and Instagram.
In one major outage in March 2026, Facebook and Instagram users across several countries reported being unable to load feeds or access accounts for several hours, while a separate disruption earlier that month also affected thousands of users globally.
Meta has not issued a detailed explanation for Friday’s outage.
Source: CNA/co
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Facebook and Instagram users around the world reported issues accessing the platforms on Friday (Jun 12), according to outage tracking sites and complaints on rival social media platforms.
In Singapore, reports about Facebook spiked on Downdetector, which collates status reports from several sources, at about 9pm.
Facebook Messenger, as well as the main app and website, appeared to be affected. Users were shown an error message indicating that "something went wrong" and that Facebook was "working on it".
According to outage-tracking website StatusGator, users in the Philippines, India, Australia, Canada and the United States reported issues with Meta's various applications.
An error message displayed for users trying to log in to Facebook.
The disruption adds to a series of intermittent outages affecting Meta’s family of apps in recent years, including Facebook and Instagram.
In one major outage in March 2026, Facebook and Instagram users across several countries reported being unable to load feeds or access accounts for several hours, while a separate disruption earlier that month also affected thousands of users globally.
Meta has not issued a detailed explanation for Friday’s outage.
Source: CNA/co
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