{"id":653901,"date":"2026-06-12T16:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=653901"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:46:43","slug":"facebook-is-down-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/653901-facebook-is-down-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook hit by outage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Facebook users worldwide reported problems accessing the platform on Friday, 12 June 2026, and some have also reported that Messenger and Instagram are inaccessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband attempted to access Facebook at around 16:00 on Friday, but the platform couldn’t load any content. Its logos and webpage frames loaded, but nothing else populated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downdetector.co.za showed a significant spike in reports of problems with the Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram. However, the outage reporting platform also appears to be experiencing difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trying to access the outage report charts for Facebook and Instagram presented a “404 \u2014 Page Not Found. The page you’re looking for doesn’t exist” error message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Facebook and Instagram users from around the globe took to X to voice their frustration over the outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These included users in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Spain, and South Africa, most of whom complained about issues accessing Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I thought I was banned from Facebook for doing the hoky poky, but it’s a major crash,” user @DesertedLookout posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I thought my Facebook and Instagram accounts got suspended, but then came to X and realised the servers are down,” user @MemeCreaker said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another user posted that Facebook was down, but its ads manager remained operational. This is curious considering Meta’s own status website showed “High Disruptions” for Facebook Ads Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are aware that some advertisers may be having trouble creating or editing their ads in Ads Manager,” Meta said about ad creation and editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our engineering teams are aware of the issue and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also showed “High Disruptions” for ad delivery and ads reporting. Meta said its engineers were attending to the issues as it recovered from an earlier outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are aware of an issue that may be impacting ad delivery. Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible,” Meta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are recovering from an earlier outage that caused some advertisers to have trouble accessing or viewing ads reporting, and services are in the process of being restored.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meta Platforms outage reports on Downdetector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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