Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, experienced a widespread global outage on Sunday, July 19, 2026. Users in the United States, Europe, and Asia reported issues. Many users could not access accounts, particularly on desktop browsers.
Facebook displayed an "Account Temporarily Unavailable" message. Instagram feeds failed to refresh. Users reported thousands of issues to outage tracking services.
The outage also took Meta's Business Suite and Ads Manager tools offline. This impacted advertisers on the platforms. Meta restored service for most users after a few hours. The company has not officially commented on the cause of the disruption.