Facebook and Instagram faced a global outage on Tuesday evening.

Users reported login issues, being logged out and unable to refresh feeds.

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Downdetector showed over 300,000 outage reports for Facebook and 20,000 for Instagram.

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WhatsApp Business API also experienced problems.

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Services were restored around 10 pm.

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Meta acknowledged the issue and stated they were working on a solution.

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Elon Musk took a dig at Meta on social media.

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Some users speculated about a cyber attack, but there was no confirmation.

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