THE social media giant [Meta](https://www.irishnews.com/tags/meta/) has apologised after technical problems have caused issues around the world for Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp.
Posting on their rival platform, X, the company said on Wednesday evening: “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users' ability to access our apps.
“We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.”
> We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.
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> — Meta (@Meta) [December 11, 2024](https://twitter.com/Meta/status/1866918000374280593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
According to the Downdetector website, after 6pm over 22,000 people in the UK had reported issues with the Facebook app, over 15,000 for Whatsapp and around 12,000 for Instagram.