The incident left users unable to log into Facebook, while others reported being unexpectedly signed out of their accounts without warning.

Millions of users across the world were thrown into confusion on Friday after social media giant Meta's flagship platforms, Facebook and Instagram, suffered a major outage that disrupted access to accounts and services across multiple regions.

The incident left users unable to log into Facebook, while others reported being unexpectedly signed out of their accounts without warning.

Attempts to regain access were met with repeated error notifications, sparking concerns over a possible system-wide failure affecting the company's digital infrastructure.

The disruption appeared to affect Facebook's website, mobile application, and Messenger platform simultaneously.