Facebook is still experiencing a major outage after thousands of users around the world were logged out of their accounts and unable to access the platform.
The outage affected Meta owned products including Facebook Messenger, the Facebook website and app. It kicked off around 11.45pm AEST but is gradually coming back online.
Users were automatically logged of their accounts and have been unable to regain access, instead being met with an error message.
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Downdetector, a major tracking website that collects information on website crashes, has seen more than 17,000 reports of an outage in just 30 minutes for Facebook.
Meta said on it’s MetaStatus website: “We are currently experiencing high disruptions impacting Messenger Platform.
“Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update if additional information is available.”
Some users have reported that they have been able to access Facebook again as of 3am AEST.
Meta Communications Director Andy Stone said on X: “We’re coming back, though it may take a bit of time for everything to be fully back to normal.”
There have also been reports of an outage for Instagram, another Meta owned product, with more than 5000 made to Downdetector.
Whatsapp, also owned by Meta, appears to be functioning normally.
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