Facebook faces global outage affecting users worldwide

Thousands of Facebook users were left frustrated on Sunday, July 19, after the popular social media platform experienced an outage affecting desktop access.

Users of Meta-owned Facebook cannot relay messages nor use the platform on desktop browsers.

The social network experienced a downtime Sunday mid-morning, July 19, with anyone trying to access it getting met with an error message stating their accounts were “temporarily unavailable,”

The message, displayed in place of the usual feed, read:

“Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes.”

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The platform’s mobile app was not affected.

Meta had not issued a public statement on the matter at the time of publication, and the cause of the disruption remained unclear.

Frustrated users from across the world flocked to DownDetector to vent about glitches on the platform.

The platform lets people flag and monitor outages across websites, apps, and online services, offering real-time updates on whether issues are widespread or just tied to individual connections.

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