Facebook users report outages
Facebook users are reporting outages on the social media platform Thursday morning, according to third-party website DownDetector.
Issues appear to be related to the app's ability to load multiple posts. It is currently unclear how many users are affected.
Beginning shortly after 4 a.m. ET, DownDetector saw a rise in user self-reports of outages, rising to a peak of 46 reports around 7 a.m.
At time of this writing, 90 per cent of the outage reports were related to the Facebook app.
Facebook outage Aug 14 2025
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U.S. Facebook users have also reported outages, peaking at 407 incidents as of shortly before 7 a.m.
This is a developing story. More details to come.
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