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Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector says

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On September 20, Facebook and Instagram experienced outages reported by over 17,000 and 5,000 users respectively according to Downdetector.com. The majority of issues were related to website problems in Singapore, where reports peaked at around 9:30 am local time. Meta has not provided an immediate response regarding the extent or cause of these outages.

Written by AI on 2026-09-21, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On September 20, Facebook and Instagram, operated by Meta, faced a significant outage that affected thousands of users in the US, as reported by Downdetector.com. The peak issues occurred around 8:55 pm ET (9:26 am Singapore time) with over 17,000 complaints for Facebook and more than 5,000 for Instagram. In Singapore specifically, there were 229 reports for Facebook at 9:26 am and 109 for Instagram a minute earlier. The outages impacted mostly the platforms' websites. By 10 pm ET, service had largely recovered, with reports of outages sharply decreasing. Meta did not immediately comment on the incident.

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In Singapore, reports on Downdetector for Facebook spiked at 9.26am with 229 complaints, while there were 109 reports for Instagram at 9.25am.

framing: speculative · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-21

🔮 Since the numbers on Downdetector are based on user-submitted reports, the actual number of affected users may vary.

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Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector says · speculative framing

Claims (5 extracted, 3 hedged)

Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector says Meta’s social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users in the US on Sept 20, according to Downdetector.com. uncertain

platforms → say → Downdetector.com

There were more than 17,000 reports of issues with Facebook, as of 9.11pm ET on Sept 20 (9.11am Singapore time on Sept 21), and more than 5,000 outages on Instagram as well, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. uncertain

which → be → sources

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. asserted

Meta → respond → comment

Since the numbers on Downdetector are based on user-submitted reports, the actual number of affected users may vary. uncertain

number → base → users

In Singapore, reports on Downdetector for Facebook spiked at 9.26am with 229 complaints, while there were 109 reports for Instagram at 9.25am. asserted

reports → spike → 9.25am