The cause of the Facebook and Instagram outage has been named

The disruptions on social networks Facebook and Instagram, which users from around the world complained about today, were due to a technical issue.
This was announced by Meta spokesman Andy Stone on social network X.
Earlier today, people had difficulty accessing some of our services due to a technical issue," he wrote.
Stone said the problem was resolved as quickly as possible for all affected users
We apologise for the inconvenience caused, - added the representative of Meta.
Recall, today users began to complain enmasse about failures in social networks Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Some did not update the Instagram feed and had problems logging into Facebook. At the moment, the social networks have resumed work.
Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologise for any inconvenience. https://t.co/ybyyAZNAMn
- Andy Stone (@andymstone) March 5, 2024
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