It looks like Meta is having a rough Friday morning. Starting shortly before 10 AM ET, reports began to spike from users unable to access both Facebook and WhatsApp, with the number of complaints continuing to climb.
The initial issues appear to be concentrated on WhatsApp, where users were reporting that the app's main screen failed to load. Since then, though, Facebook has been the main brunt of Meta's issues this AM – I myself got something that went wrong, then just the classic logo, and then an empty feed that still hasn't loaded. Down Detector reports have quickly spiked to over 100,000 for Facebook issues.
So to track the ongoing disruptions affecting Facebook, WhatsApp, and potentially other Meta platforms, TechRadar is spinning up a live blog.
A look at Down Detector
It's clear that many of Meta's platforms are having some issues currently, as you can see at the top of Down Detector in the United States.
Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are at the top of the list, with the first currently leading with over 120,000 reports.
Right now, I still can't get Facebook on the desktop to load; parts of the interface appear, like the main sidebars, but the actual content is missing. Now, I'm in New Jersey experiencing this, but my TechRadar colleagues in the UK are seeing a similar situation, with some posts appearing and then the feed appearing blank.
Let me know what you're seeing in the comments down below.
It does appear that Meta's engineers and other teams might have figured out the issue pretty quickly, though, as Facebook is again loading for a few of my colleagues, and reports on Down Detector are starting to drop for issues with Facebook and Messenger.
Facebook does appear to be recovering a bit. I was able to load the homepage and saw a few posts in the feed, but when I tried to click into one, I just saw the logo centered and Meta at the bottom, so it appears there might still be some issues with parts of the platform.
Let me know what you're seeing in the comments below.
On iOS, the Facebook app is still experiencing issues, mainly with the top story bar appearing empty and the feed serving older stories. For my colleague Josephine Watson in the UK, she's getting a 'Try Again' error at the top of her feed.
June 12, 2026 at 03:36PM from Latest from TechRadar US in Internet News https://ift.tt/vNcOrky
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