--- title: "Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/277691386.md" description: "Meta's Facebook is currently experiencing an outage, affecting user access and its advertising services. As of March 4, 2140 UTC, users are encountering an \"Account Temporarily Unavailable\" error. The outage has led to reported \"high disruptions\" in Facebook's Ads Manager and other business services, which are crucial for Meta's revenue. While Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp remain operational, the company has not provided updates on the outage through its social media accounts. Users have noted the issue has persisted for at least 45 minutes, and updates will follow as the situation develops." datetime: "2026-03-03T23:11:01.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/277691386.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/277691386.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/277691386.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/277691386.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/277691386.md) # Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business Meta’s flagship service, Facebook, is experiencing an outage. At the time of writing, 2140 UTC on March 4, _The Register_ is unable to reach Facebook, which produces an error – “Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly.” – when we attempted to log in. Meta doesn’t publish a status page for its consumer-facing services, but does offer a dashboard for its business services, which reports “high disruptions” to Facebook’s Ads Manager, the Instagram Boost service that turns posts into ads, and the WhatsApp Business API that allows commercial users to send bulk messages. Those services make money for Meta, making this a potentially serious incident. Meta’s other platforms – Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp – appear to be operating as usual. - Hide from Meta's spyglasses with this new Android app - Meta frees React to live in its own foundation - Meta will let users tweak Threads algorithms as long as they ask nicely - Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta's WhatsApp AI lockout The company’s social media accounts on other platforms offer no information about the outage. Users, however, have posted on rival social networks and their missives suggest the issue has impacted access for at least 45 minutes. This is a developing story and _The Register_ will update it as information becomes available. While you wait, feel free to make jokes about this being terrible news for your parents. ® ### Related Stocks - [Direxion Daily META Bear 1X ETF (METD.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METD.US.md) - [First Trust Dow Jones Internet ETF (FDN.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FDN.US.md) - [Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VOX.US.md) - [Direxion Daily META Bull 2X ETF (METU.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METU.US.md) - [State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF (XLC.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XLC.US.md) - [Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/META.US.md) - [Roundhill META WeeklyPay ETF (METW.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METW.US.md) - [Fidelity MSCI Communication ServicesETF (FCOM.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FCOM.US.md) - [GraniteShares 2x Long META Daily ETF (FBL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBL.US.md) - [iShares Global Comm Services ETF (IXP.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IXP.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Meta Superintelligence Labs is quietly building a hardware team](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281657591.md) - [Instagram tests a feature to let you see your ex's Stories without a trace — and it's going to cost you](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281134560.md) - [Meta integrated ai into the core of its risk review program - website](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281190495.md) - [China Vows to Support Cross-Border Deals Following Meta's Manus Buyout](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281606199.md) - [Tech Wrap March 30: OPPO Find X9 Ultra, WhatsApp on CarPlay, Blaupunkt](https://longbridge.com/en/news/281041030.md)