Facebook, Instagram and Messenger hit by apparent outages

MUSCAT: Users in Oman and other parts of the world on Tuesday have been hit by Facebook, Instagram and Messenger outages as Meta apps and websites appear to have gone down.

 According to multiple media reports, several thousands of Messenger and Facebook users were unable to receive messages, login and connect to the server.  
Reporting sites also were showing a huge spike in users experiencing difficulties. 

The Meta sites and applications went down on Tuesday evening, according to a website that monitors traffic on social media platforms. 
WhatsApp, which is also owned by the online giant, however, appears to be functioning normally. 
Meta is yet to issue a statement on the situation, which appears to be hitting users around the world.