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Sudden technical glitch hits Meta platforms for 15 minutes
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A sudden technical failure disrupted the Facebook social media platform early Monday morning, preventing numerous users worldwide from logging into their accounts, accessing profiles, or loading content.
The unexpected outage was accompanied by reports of widespread technical disruptions across the platform's global service infrastructure.
Metrics from digital service tracking platforms, led by DownDetector, indicated a sharp spike in outage reports affecting both the mobile application and the desktop website.
The outage tracking platforms noted that Facebook also experienced short-term disruptions over the past few days, which slowed down information flow across the platform.
The media relations office of parent company Meta has not issued any official statement outlining the direct reasons behind the technical issues.
Meanwhile, technology experts suggest that the disruptions are likely the result of routine server maintenance and updates or underlying network faults within service provider infrastructure.
