Americans have, once again, put on their conspiracy caps as Meta apps Facebook and Instagram shut down for an extended period on March 5. The two popular social websites had reported outages for about an hour between 7:14 a.m. and 8:29 a.m., according to the DownDector. Multiple users on the DownDector website shared their conspiracies in the comment section.
“We are back in business after the entire Metaverse went down worldwide for an hour,” Katy S commented. “On a politically charged day in the U.S.: Super Tuesday. Coincidence? I think not. It begs the question: who has the power to execute the Metaverse for that period of time? This was an act of aggression.”
Other people had a different conspiracy, as the social media crash came nearly two weeks after AT&T lost service for most of the day on Feb. 22.
They done walked AT&T down 😳 buddy just work there 😭 pic.twitter.com/IjAePm5KFj
— JP (@lostfilesjp) February 22, 2024
“First AT&T and now Facebook and Instagram …” Shaughn_A2 posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Will a #CyberAttack start occurring every other day now?”
So many people echoed similar sentiments to the point the phrase “First AT&T” began trending on X with nearly 70,000 posts.
i can't 💀 First AT&T took me out pic.twitter.com/PjrL40AuyL
— Gya🦭 (@Gya_thanya7) March 5, 2024
First at& t na Facebook , I’m telling yaw a world wide blackout otw 🥴😭
— XavionsDad🎯 (@Ronndo_) March 5, 2024
First AT&T now Fb & IG…see man yall are missing the bigger picture…😭😭😭😭ain’t that how they be!?
— 👈🏽Gumbo (@Oohlalaliviaa68) March 5, 2024
First, AT&T now, Facebook, Instagram META… if you’re not catching on by now you need to wake up 😵💫 What’s gunna happen when all technology ends up doing that ?! 👀 government on a agenda
— girselda b (@CaliGirl13__) March 5, 2024
First AT&T, now Meta?
Something smells fishy.#meta #facebook #downnetwork #offline #downdetector pic.twitter.com/XS5uFIDDpf— BeardedBargainEDC (@BeardedEDC) March 5, 2024
“Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone posted on X. “We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
