Is Facebook down? Thousands of users report outage
FILE - The Facebook app seen on a black background. (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Thousands of users reported an outage on Facebook on Wednesday evening, according to Downdetector.
What we know:
As of this report, over 13,000 outages have been reported.
People flocked to other social media platforms such as X to share (and ask) if Facebook was down.
The Facebook mobile app appeared to be working normally. However, for a short time on Wednesday, when attempting to log onto the platform via the website on a desktop, users were met with a message that read: "Sorry, something went wrong."
What they're saying:
"We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can," the rest of the message read.
Screen grab of an error message on Feb. 26, 2025.
FOX TV Stations has reached out to Meta for comment.
The Source: Information for this article was gathered from Downdetector and attempting to log on to the Facebook website on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. This story was reported from Los Angeles.