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Facebook worldwide account-access outage

Service Disruption
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Facebook is experiencing a massive worldwide outage that is making accounts unavailable, cutting off access for users across regions. The disruption began around 4:15 PM ET on 2026-03-03. A service message says the account is unavailable because of a site issue. A status page also shows High Disruptions for the Facebook ad manager, Instagram Boost, and the WhatsApp Business API.

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Timeline

  1. 04.03.2026 00:38 2 articles · 2mo ago

    Initial report: Facebook worldwide account-access outage

    Initial Disclosure

    The outage started around **4:15 PM ET** on **2026-03-03** and quickly made Facebook accounts unavailable worldwide. The service message pointed to a **site issue** while related Meta services showed disruption.

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