US EditionIs Facebook down? Thousands report issues with social media platform
Nearly 10,000 outage reports surfaced within an hour, disrupting Facebook accounts and advertising tools, while Meta's status page noted high disruptions to ad-related services.
- On March 3, 2026, Facebook experienced a sudden worldwide outage that left thousands unable to access the platform, with Downdetector tracking nearly 10,000 problem reports shortly after 5 p.m.
- With no official explanation yet, the company historically attributes outages to internal technical issues such as server failures, configuration errors, or system updates.
- Some users reported seeing the message `Account Temporarily Unavailable`, while feeds froze or showed blank screens and login failures began around 4 PM ET.
- Ad and business tools were hit, with more than 6,000 reports on Downdetector as the company status page showed `High Disruptions` for Facebook Ads Manager, Instagram Boost and the WhatsApp Business API.
- Searches for error phrases trended on Google Trends as reports from multiple countries appeared almost simultaneously, indicating a large-scale service disruption.
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Facebook Down for Thousands of Users in the US, Downdetector Shows
Meta Platforms’ Facebook was down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. There were more than 10,600 reports of issues with the social media platform as of 02:37 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. Downdetector’s numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary. Meta did not immediately respon…
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The Independent (US)Is Facebook down? Thousands of users report issues accessing accounts
Problems were clustered around logins and using the Facebook website, users claimed
Facebook largely back up after brief outage in the US, Downdetector shows
March 3 : Meta Platforms' Facebook was largely back up after an outage that affected thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com.At its peak, there were more than 11,000 reports of issues with the social media platform in the U.S., before coming down to about 1,200 as of 06:11 p.m
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