Facebook down on Super Tuesday? Some users are reporting outages on primary election day

[pfitz59]

Source: USA Today

Facebook users may have encountered the social media site not working properly on the morning of Super Tuesday.

Around 9 a.m. ET, hundreds of thousands of users reported Facebook being down during one of the biggest election days of the year, according to Downdetector.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/03/05/facebook-down-super-tuesday/72850694007/

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I know many DU folk hate Facebook, but I use it. It's hard down.

[amerikat]

1. My Facebook is down also.(nt)

[jimfields33]

30. Mine isn't.

[coffeenap]

2. Threads is down , too

[dweller]

3. Fuckery abounds

Can’t wait for November
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[PortTack]

47. Yup...kinda like '16 when DU went down on election day

[ChazInAz]

4. Yep.

[pfitz59]

5. My quick assumption is 'cyber attack'

Many people use FB (and other platforms) to GOTV, especially among younger folk.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

43. Amazon AWS was down a week ago...

... Nord would not let me login to my password manager until late in the afternoon. Good on Nord, but it reminded me that too many hosting/cloud operations on the AWS system. Still have not seen any information on what caused Amazon AWS to "have problems". I suspect it was a DoS attack on AWS?

[coffeenap]

6. Verge reporting all Meta services down

[FalloutShelter]

7. Instagram down too.

[relayerbob]

8. Meta has definitely crashed hard

[Quanto Magnus]

9. Yup

'Your session has expired please login again'

over and over and over

[Marthe48]

10. also Messenger

Instagram.

Wonder if this and Super Tuesday could possibly be connected?

And if it is a test for November 5th 2024

GOTV even if you have to ride a horse and carry lanterns!

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

45. As I mentioned above...

... I couldn't login to my Nord Password manager last week. Amazon AWS was down according to a Nord support page I went to for assistance. Of course the usual suspects in St Petersburg came to mind. I have not come across any explanation for why Amazon AWS was down. Glad that Nord locked things up for a few hours in interest of security, or Nord has some of their operations on the AWS cloud.

[SheilaAnn]

11. Mine too, tried to log in and they wanted a performance, like my password was wrong, phone was wrong, etc.

[deurbano]

32. My daughter's FB account also said her password was wrong.

[atreides1]

12. It's Worldwide

FB, Messenger, and Instagram are all down!

[neohippie]

13. I heard that Facebook's 2nd Factor Authentication was hacked

Someone I know it IT posted that yesterday Facebook's 2nd Factor authentication was hacked and so Meta forced account resets from all devices. I know all of my devices, signed me out of Facebook at once.

Then apparently anyone who tried to logon had issues and it has been that all Meta platforms are not working, Facebook, Instagram, Whats app etc...

I was freaking out because I am a concert photographer and was starting to think that my account had been hacked now I am just hoping that this is just their issue on their back end, and that I have a chance to recover my account later once they figure out what they need to do to fix their systems

[Nictuku]

24. I tried to reset my password

If this has been hacked, the hackers could be collecting passwords.

When it comes back up, and is secure again, use a totally different password. If you use the same password on other systems, definitely change them. (sigh - what a mess)

[love_katz]

14. I posted a similar message in the computer help group.

This is freaky. I didn't think about it being Super Tuesday. Yikes. Not wanting to jump to conclusions or spread panic, but the coincidence is creepy.

[PatSeg]

15. Yep, it appears everything is down

Here I thought I had been hacked again. I suppose it is better to know it is everyone.

[Backseat Driver]

16. It's "down" for me - can't log in Instagram or Messenger either. n/t

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. My fb app is down, but I got on using my browser.

[PatSeg]

19. I tried using my browser again

But it is still down. Downdetector still shows it down though a couple people claim they got back in.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. Interesting. I had to change my password before I could login!

[PatSeg]

23. I'd already tried changing my password before

so maybe that's why I can't get in now. Maybe I'll try changing it again in a little while, once I'm sure they really are back up. Meanwhile, I think I'll enjoy no Facebook or Meta.

[Nictuku]

26. I tried changing password - got an error (3 times I tried)

So now anything that I use that password with, I need to change them as well.

[Jokerman]

18. I'm not currently able to login to Facebook on my PC.

Never installed it on my phone.

[PatSeg]

20. Yeah, I never installed it on my phone

I've had too many issues with Facebook. Meanwhile, I cannot access it on my computer.

[Tom of Temecula]

22. Facebook is a scummy little data trap

Use this opportunity to get away.

[GoneOffShore]

25. The Independent has live coverage

Facebook and Instagram down - updates: Worldwide outage leaves users unable to access Meta sites and apps

[Be The Light]

27. Oh glad its not just me!

There is absolutely no way to get in. Looks like all of META is down, a major cyber attack. Putin's prints are all over it!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

28. No problems on my phone.

Haven't tried the laptop yet.

[Chakaconcarne]

29. Beta testing

[Nictuku]

31. It is back up for me now

[Paladin]

34. For me, as well. (nt)

[Deep State Witch]

33. Yeah, it went wonky on me this morning

One minute I was watching cat reels. The next, nothing.

[PatSeg]

35. Okay, I'm back in

And it accepted my original password.

I'm so tired of Facebook.

[Attilatheblond]

36. Evidently, Taylor Swift posted a GOTV message on her instagram account

Maybe Swifties broke META, or the Taylor haters did? Just an observation made by my research driven daughter.

[llmart]

37. I'm glad I saw this.

I tried to get in several times this morning and couldn't. Kept telling my my password was incorrect though I knew it was fine.

[TNNurse]

38. Mine is finally back.

When I started on FB I swore to not be political. Well, the GOP changed that. I now no longer care who I irritate or anger. This is too scary to not try to get people to read and pay attention to articles, statements and such.

Other wise, I take photos of flowers and trees and critters or just pleasant scenery.

[Rocknation]

39. Good thing I slept in this morning LOL

Logged on about 11:30 AM after making final preparations on three dozen photos to post, and a saw a post from someone wondering if he'd been hacked. And on Super Tuesday? Hmmm...


Rocknation

[ancianita]

40. Yes, it IS hard down. My 17 year old account no longer recognizes the original password. Something is definitely wrong.

[ancianita]

42. Okay, I'm back on now. No new password needed. Whew.

I read this:

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/facebook-instagram-threads-outage-aware-people-trouble-accessing/story?id=107810427

More than 300,000 reports of an outage at Facebook were received on Tuesday morning by DownDetector, a site that tracks problem reports from users. DownDetector also tallied nearly 50,000 reports of an outage at Instagram.

An array of commerce tools on the platforms were experiencing major disruptions, including Ads Manager and Meta Business Suite, according to Meta's website.

"We are aware of an issue users are having logging into our platforms," the site said. "Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible."

[RussBLib]

41. It's back up. For now, at least. nt

[kimbutgar]

44. Mine isn't in SF

[Upthevibe]

46. My FB is okay.

Maybe it's certain areas.

[ItsjustMe]

48. Facebook is working for me

I am in Fresno California/