Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Discord were down for many UAE users on Tuesday evening, with many flocking to X and WhatsApp groups to complain about not being able to post on the social media platform.

Downdetector shows a spike in the number of users reporting issues with Facebook around 7pm UAE time. Instagram users started facing similar issues around the same time.

Users on gaming app Discord also faced outages at around 7.45pm.

Dubai resident Meher D. was taken aback when she experienced shortages. "My Instagram comment section stopped loading and I thought it was a problem with my WiFi. I almost restarted my phone until I realized Instagram was down."

Another Dubai user Zuhara Safa was trying to post on her story on Instagram when the application didn't allow her. "I went out today with my friends and wanted to post our photos, but Instagram wouldn't let me."

Another resident shared with Khaleej Times a screengrab of her threads which showed a blank screen without any stitches.

Users across the world are unable to log into Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. As per Reuters, over 300,000 Facebook outages were reported and over 47,000 outages were reported from Instagram.

Andy Stone, the Communication head at Meta took to X to announce that the company was currently working on fixing the outages.

Taking to Twitter, many users have complained about the incident. Many have even started making memes about the situation.

What about WhatsApp?

The outages seem to be across most Meta apps, which leaves the question of WhatsApp. So far, no issues have been reported on the app, unlike the time period between 7am and 7.30pm, when a major meta outage took out all 3 apps.