Meta logo./Courtesy of Reuters Yonhap News

A service outage occurred on the afternoon of the 19th on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, social media (SNS) operated by Meta.

According to Meta, the outage occurred at about 4:34 p.m. Korea time (12:34 a.m. local time) that day. Access is currently possible on mobile, but some functions are restricted on PC. In particular, Facebook continues to be completely inaccessible on PC.

Meta told ChosunBiz, "We are aware of a service outage affecting the use of Facebook, Messenger and Instagram," and said, "We are currently investigating the matter."

Meta plans to provide additional details after identifying the cause and impact of the outage. Updates on service restoration will be released through the Meta Newsroom.

Facebook PC access error screen on the afternoon of the 19th./Courtesy of Facebook screen capture

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