#### Facebook Faces Outage as Users Unable to Post on Platform
***Published:*** Wed 18 Oct 2023, 8:35 PM
***Last updated:*** Wed 18 Oct 2023, 9:31 PM
**Facebook** experienced a temporary outage on Wednesday evening, leaving many users unable to post on the popular social media platform. Frustrated users took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice their complaints about the issue.
According to Downdetector, there was a significant increase in the number of users reporting problems with Facebook around 7:40 pm UAE time. However, approximately an hour later, the posting functionality appeared to be restored, and users were able to resume posting on the site.
This is not the first time that **Meta apps** (which includes Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp) have faced technical difficulties. Last Friday, users encountered difficulties sending messages on all three platforms. Whatsapp messages were showing only one gray tick mark, and desktop users were being logged out. While the issue with the app was resolved after a few minutes, the web platform remained inaccessible.
Fortunately, after approximately two hours, all three platforms were restored and available for use again.
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