{"id":11333,"date":"2024-03-05T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/outage-affects-facebook-instagram-and-other-social-media-platforms\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T17:08:10","slug":"outage-affects-facebook-instagram-and-other-social-media-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/outage-affects-facebook-instagram-and-other-social-media-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Outage Affects Facebook, Instagram, and Other Social Media Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 5, users of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, and other messaging and social media platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/\">reported<\/a> difficulties accessing the applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-eu.googleusercontent.com\/MHFMT9qnwwA_BaIS9MgjrwlszwhiqfCNUr1pl3SwXbHHKpPCpQWU5-UO3bOE-FjpQfOR7RGjWRYgmu7E5YcDdsdEo3DHQZ16tcsJIJ3X84vi167p_zmRJlic2NcISELj7lFolrj8vKQA2Y4zgQcwS8s\" alt=\"Outage Affects Facebook, Instagram, and Other Social Media Platforms\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Downdetector.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The issue affected residents of Russia, Ukraine, major cities in the United States, and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Facebook logged users out and denied account access, citing allegedly incorrect passwords. Instagram&#8217;s feed failed to refresh, and YouTube also experienced periodic errors. Telegram users reported issues with channel updates, media uploads, and message sending.<\/p>\n<p>The exact causes remain unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Hong Kong-based company HGC Global Communications Limited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgc.com.hk\/press-releases\/statement-supplementary-information-of-hgc-global-communications-regarding-submarine-cable-damage-in-the-red-sea-to-demonstrate-hong-kong-as-international-telecommunication-hub-to-demonstrate-hong-kong-as-international-telecommunication-hub\">announced<\/a> that four out of approximately fifteen submarine telecommunications cables in the Red Sea, connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, were severed. These cables account for 25% of the region&#8217;s traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The company described the affected routes as crucial for data transmission from Asia to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary analysis indicated that the damaged cable segments are located in the southern Red Sea, under Yemeni jurisdiction. HGC did not specify how or by whom they were damaged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-text-wrappers-update-2 article_update\"><time class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_time\">March 5, 2024 | 18:34<\/time><span class=\"gtb_text-wrappers_update_head\">Update: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed issues with Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Stone (@andymstone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andymstone\/status\/1765042684132241580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to him, they are working to resolve the issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back on February 27, a major disruption in messenger services occurred in Russia due to Roskomnadzor configuring equipment to block prohibited resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 5, users of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, and other messaging and social media platforms reported difficulties accessing the applications.\u00a0 Source: Downdetector. The issue affected residents of Russia, Ukraine, major cities in the United States, and Asia. Specifically, Facebook logged users out and denied account access, citing allegedly incorrect passwords. 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