bad day for Goal. All the networks that have made it one of today’s technological giants are having difficulties with the service: WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The failures began shortly before 7:00 p.m. today, peninsular time, and are still ongoing although they are beginning to occur. signs of greater stability.
Fall of WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger in Spain
According to the DownDetector portal, which monitors the Internet activity of the main services and platforms, the drop in services has a global reach, although it is not being shown with the same intensity in all countries. In the case of Spainthe incident reports that users send to the platform skyrocketed to A quarter to 7 this afternoon, simultaneously on the 4 Meta platforms.
In the case of WhatsAppusers mostly report problems with sending messages -80% of reports-, the application -17%- and when logging in -3%-. In instagramby loading the posts feed -51%-, accessing the website -25%- and logging in -24%-. In Facebookwhen logging in -63%-, loading the content -20%- and accessing the website -17%-. In Facebook Messengerthe main incidents are in sending messages -64%-, logging in -27%- and loading the website -9%-.
Meta has acknowledged that it is having problems with its platforms that prevent “some users from accessing our website” and assure that they are working to get WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger and Instagram back to normal.
We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.
— Meta (@Meta) December 11, 2024
At the time of writing this article, the trend in the number of incident reports in Spain cIt begins to decline in WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, but after a reduction it rises again in the case of Facebook Messenger.