Facebook and Instagram go down for the second time in 72 hours

Josh Milton | Senior science and technology reporter Published July 22, 2026 1:32pm Updated July 22, 2026 1:38pm The social media platforms are owned by tech giant Meta (Picture: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Facebook and Instagram are down for the second time since Sunday. The outage, which began at around 12.45pm, has so far impacted more than 5,000 users across the two social media platforms. Of them, as of 1pm, 4,400 were struggling to access Facebook, while nearly 600 were struggling with Instagram. Most users are experiencing issues using the mobile apps, according to Downdetector, which monitors internet disruptions. One Facebook user said: ‘Urgh down again. Getting, “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.