Meta's Facebook, Instagram back up for most users in US after outage, Downdetector shows


A man walks past a logo of mobile application Instagram, during a conference in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/ File Photo

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram were largely restored for most users after an outage that impacted thousands in the U.S. on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

At its peak around 1:35 p.m. ET, there were more than 12,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and over 5,000 reports of issues with Instagram, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

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