A major outage on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok is causing inconvenience to users around the world. As of 5:10 p.m., many people are reporting problems logging into their personal accounts, writes WomanEL. It also became known why user accounts on social networks Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok do not work. The cause of the failure was an attack on communication cables.
ContentWhat happened to the Meta and Google apps? Who is to blame for the crash of Facebook and Instagram?
What happened to the Meta and Google apps?
It was discovered that users were being “thrown out” from their accounts en masse, and problems were also recorded with publishing and updating information in messages. This creates significant difficulties for those who use these platforms to communicate and work.
Some users are reporting that they can't log into their accounts at all, and others aren't seeing their pages refresh. When you try to log in, an error message is displayed, and the system prompts you to try to log in to your account again.
How the Houthis became a factor in the failure of Facebook and Instagram. Source: Downdetector data
Specialists from Google and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, have not yet commented on the situation. Users expect that problems with access to accounts will be resolved in the coming hours.
Who is to blame for the failure of Facebook and Instagram?
At the same time, an important reason for the large-scale failure in cable communications between Europe, Asia and Africa was noticed. According to Sky News, a group of Houthis from Yemen interrupted communications by cutting cables at the bottom of the Red Sea.
According to the latest data, 4 out of 15 undersea telecommunications cables were critically damaged in waters under Yemen's jurisdiction. This could be an additional reason for serious technical problems in the operation of social networks Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
We recommend that users be patient and wait for the problem to be resolved by the developers. We will update information about the situation with Facebook and Instagram.
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