"At the time of writing, UTC 21:40 on March 4th, The Register is unable to reach Facebook, which produces an error - "Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly." - when we attempt to log in."
"Meta doesn't publish a status page for its consumer-facing services, but does offer a dashboard for its business services, which reports "high disruptions" to Facebook's Ads Manager, the Instagram Boost service that turns posts into ads, and the WhatsApp Business API that allows commercial users to send bulk messages."
"Those services make money for Meta, making this a potentially serious incident. Meta's other platforms - Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp - appear to be operating as usual."
Facebook encountered a major outage on March 4th at 21:40 UTC, preventing users from logging in with an error message indicating temporary account unavailability. Meta's business services dashboard reported high disruptions affecting Ads Manager, Instagram Boost, and WhatsApp Business API—services critical to Meta's revenue generation. Other Meta platforms including Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp continued operating normally. Meta does not maintain a public status page for consumer services, leaving users without official communication. User reports on rival social networks indicated the outage persisted for at least 45 minutes, with no information provided through Meta's social media accounts.
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