Is Facebook down? Platforms coming back online after widespread outages, Meta says

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Thousands of users reported outages across Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram, according to Downdetector. 

What we know:

Meta has acknowledged the outages and said platforms were "coming back." 

What they're saying:

"We're coming back, though it may take a bit of time for everything to be fully back to normal," Andy Stone, a member of Meta's communications team, said on X.

What we don't know:

The cause of the outage was not immediately known as of this report.

The Source: Information for this article was taken from a tweet posted by Meta's communication team on June 12, 2026, and the Downdetector website. This story was reported from San Jose. 

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