Leaders Online Desk: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp went down in India and many parts of the world this evening (5th), creating a lot of confusion among users. Netizens flooded X (formerly Twitter) with complaints and memes. Many of them have also expressed the fear of having their accounts hacked due to a 'cyber attack'. After the launch of this social media platform site around 11 pm, the users came alive. Down
The use of social media and video streaming platforms was disrupted in many countries including India today (5th) evening. After this disruption, meta users started reporting server down on Xver accounts. In these complaints, users say that the feed on Instagram owned by Meta is not loading, nothing can be done about it. Users still have no idea what caused the disruption. But around 11 am these sites were restored.
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Facebook Down: According to Downdetector, users on Facebook and Instagram faced these issues around 8.30 PM IST. DownDetector reported that nearly 77% of app users faced issues. While 21 percent of web users reported a decline.
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Instagram Down : Downdetector said about Instagram that 72% of the app's users faced this issue. And 20 percent of users were having trouble logging in.
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