Meta platforms Facebook, Instagram experience glitch

Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram experienced a widespread glitch on Tuesday evening, with users reporting being logged out of their accounts.

An attempt to access Facebook account returned the response "Your session has expired," asking the user to log in.

Several attempts to log in afresh were futile.

On Instagram, users received the messages: "Couldn't refresh feed" and "Couldn't load posts" upon attempting to access their accounts.

WhatsApp operational

Users of Threads, another social network owned by Meta, also reported disruptions.

The hashtag "Facebook Down" shot to the top of the trends on social network X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday evening.

Instant messaging service WhatsApp, which is also owned by Meta, however, did not report any glitches.

Meta was yet to issue an official communication in regard to the cause of the disruption as of the time of publishing.

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