Meta's Facebook, Instagram services down in UAE and around the world

ABU DHABI (ALETIHAD, REUTERS)

Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram were down for tens of thousands of users on Tuesday in the UAE and around the world, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

There were more than 300,000 reports of outages for Facebook, while there were more than 20,000 reports for Instagram, according to the website, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including users.

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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