Users worldwide say Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are down; the company has not yet commented on the reportsynet|Updated:Meta experienced a global outage on Friday afternoon, with users reporting disruptions on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp from around 4 p.m.Thousands of users said they were unable to refresh their feeds or access the platforms altogether.Meta has not yet issued a public statement on the outage, and the cause remains unknown. At the time of writing, the company’s status website had not listed any service disruptions, and it remained unclear when normal service would be restored.Meta has not yet commented on the reports, and the scope or cause of the apparent outage was not immediately clear.First published: 17:06, 06.12.26