Facebook suffers global outage again

Users around the world reported disruptions on the Facebook social networking platform on February 27.

According to Downdetector, the number of error reports spiked after 9 p.m. on February 26 (Eastern Time in the US and Canada, 9 a.m. Vietnam time) and gradually decreased after 30 minutes. About an hour later, Facebook was back to normal on computers.

Facebook global outage.

In Australia, at 10:22 a.m. on February 27 (local time), many users received a notification when accessing Facebook on their computers: "Sorry, there's a problem. We're working to fix it as soon as possible." However, the mobile application seemed unaffected.

In New Zealand, the problem started at around 2:30 p.m. on February 27 (local time) and quickly spread to many areas around the world . In Auckland alone, there were nearly 300 reports of Facebook inaccessibility. Some users turned to the X platform (formerly Twitter) to confirm and seek information about the problem.

Not only Facebook, other Meta services like Instagram and Messenger were also affected. According to reports, Instagram users had difficulty sending messages, while other features of the app were still working normally.

Meta has not made any official comment on the cause of the incident in the US and other countries.

In December 2024, Facebook users around the world discovered a display error under posts. Instead of time or location information, this section appeared random characters, causing annoyance to users.

In March 2024, many people encountered an error that automatically logged them out of their Facebook accounts and prevented them from logging back in. The problem affected both the mobile app and the web version, causing major disruptions in the use of the service.

Facebook, along with Instagram and WhatsApp, have suffered multiple hours-long global outages. Some of the outages have been traced to configuration errors and have caused significant financial losses for parent company Meta.

Phuong Anh (Source: Mashable)