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Article: Facebook largely back up after brief outage in the US, Downdetector shows

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Meta Platforms' Facebook experienced a significant outage in the US, with over 11,000 user reports at its peak before service largely recovered.

The outage also notably affected Facebook Ads Manager, a tool for managing ad campaigns across Meta's platforms.

The cause of the disruption remains unclear, as Meta did not immediately provide comment in response to a Reuters request.

The main topics covered are the Facebook service outage, the concurrent disruption to Facebook Ads Manager, and the lack of an official cause from Meta.

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/facebook-largely-back-up-after-brief-outage-in-the-us-downdetector-shows/articleshow/129026046.cms

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2026-03-04 12:15

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2026-03-04 14:35

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2026-03-04 14:49

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Meta Platforms' Facebook was largely back up after an outage that affected thousands âof users â in â the US on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. At its peak, there were more than 11,000 reports of issues with the social media platform in the US, â before coming âdown to about 1,200 as of 06:11 p.m. â ET, according to Downdetector.
Downdetector tracks outages âby collating status reports âfrom a number of sources, including user-submitted reports, and the actual number of affected users may vary.
Meta did not âimmediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on âwhat âcaused the â outage. Separately, the company's status page indicated high disruptions on Facebook Ads Manager, âa tool for creating, managing and analyzing advertising campaigns across Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.
Downdetector tracks outages âby collating status reports âfrom a number of sources, including user-submitted reports, and the actual number of affected users may vary.
Meta did not âimmediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on âwhat âcaused the â outage. Separately, the company's status page indicated high disruptions on Facebook Ads Manager, âa tool for creating, managing and analyzing advertising campaigns across Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.