Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Threads do not work or do not work. Here’s what you need to know

How it started

We first noticed the outage on Threads, where the platform started denying image uploads. Soon the feeds started disappearing.

Subsequent checks on Instagram and Facebook revealed similar instabilities.

In case you didn’t know, Threads is owned by Instagram, which is also owned by Meta. The new social media platform has grown rapidly and been remarkably stable over the past 16 months. In recent months, the biggest challenge came not from infrastructure, but from Bluesky, which, while slightly older than Threads, recently came to prominence during a mass exodus from X (formerly Twitter). For what it’s worth, Bluesky and

AWS plays a role here

As we mentioned, at least according to Down Detector, AWS was also struggling in the early afternoon. Since we’ve heard whispers that other services outside the Meta’s orbit are also struggling, this could be a bigger problem than one company’s servers. AWS powers countless websites and online services.