Facebook is experiencing a global outage since 4:15 PM ET, with users reporting they cannot access their accounts.
Facebook users worldwide report problems while attempting to access their accounts. The outage started around 4:15 PM ET. Upon attempting to access their account, users are presented the following message:
“Account Temporarily Unavailable.
Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes.”
The status and outage page of Meta business products reports “High Disruptions” affecting Ads Manager, Instagram Boost, and the WhatsApp Business API. There is no mention of Facebook login.
Reports on DownDetector spiked in the last hours, with thousands of complaints regarding login, website, and app issues.
Independent and non-partisan global internet monitor NetBlocks also reported that the social media giant is experiencing international outages. The organization confirmed that the incident is not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering.
Over the past hour, multiple websites [1, 2, 3] confirmed a surge of users experiencing problems globally.
Stay tuned …
Update March 4, 2026
Facebook outage has been resolved though the company has not disclosed the root cause of the problem.
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