Meta Meltdown: Social Media Stir.!

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On march 5, widespread disruptions were reported on several popular Meta-owned social media platforms, including Facebook, whatsapp, and Instagram. Alongside these disruptions, users also data-faced issues with Google's video streaming platform, YouTube.
According to Down Detector, an internet traffic observer, hundreds of YouTube users experienced problems with streaming and uploading videos on the platform during the outage. The issues extended to other Meta platforms, with users of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger reporting difficulties logging in and sending messages across various regions, including India. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone acknowledged the problem, stating that it had been resolved, and shared the update on social media platforms.
London-based internet monitoring firm Net Blocks reported issues with four Meta platforms. Net Blocks, an advocate for internet freedom, mentioned that there was no indication of country-level internet blockages or filtering typically imposed by governments.
The outage sparked discussions and humorous memes on social media platforms. Elon Musk, the CEO of X, took a sarcastic tone, stating, "If you are reading this post, it is because our servers are working." Meta's status dashboard indicated problems with the application programming interdata-face for whatsapp Business. Down detector recorded around 200 reports of the whatsapp outage, collecting status reports from various sources, including users.

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