Instagram experienced a significant global outage on May 7-8, 2025, affecting thousands of users worldwide. The issues included login failures, inability to view comments, problems with direct messaging, and server connection errors. Meta, the owner of Instagram, confirmed the outage was due to a technical issue and stated they were working to fix it. The outage caused widespread disruption, with many users turning to Twitter to express frustration and share memes. The service has since been restored for most users, but some still faced intermittent problems during the outage period

. Regarding WhatsApp, it also faced disruptions around the same time, with many users reporting outages globally. Similar to Instagram, WhatsApp users experienced connectivity issues and service interruptions. Meta acknowledged the problems and worked on resolving them. The simultaneous outages affected other Meta platforms like Facebook and Messenger as well

. Currently, both Instagram and WhatsApp services are mostly back online, but users who experienced issues during the outage may still face occasional glitches as the platforms stabilize