Is LinkedIn down? A day after Facebook, Instagram outage, another site sees issues

Dan Rorabaugh, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

UPDATE 5 P.M.: Users were reporting they were able to log back into LinkedIn about an hour after the peak of outages.

On Tuesday, social media users were treated to hours without Facebook and Instagram as Meta experienced a massive outage. On Wednesday, it was LinkedIn's turn.

Late Wednesday afternoon, business- and employment-focused social media site LinkedIn went down, giving users an error message when they tried to log in.

As of 4:30 p.m. ET, there wasn't any news as to why the Linkedin outage occurred or how long it was expected to last. According to the website Down Detector, more than 46,000 users reported not being able to log into LinkedIn about 4 p.m.

On Tuesday morning, people using Facebook, Instagram and Threads were kicked out of their accounts amid an hours-long outage at Meta with more than half a million people reporting outages at its peak.

Is LinkedIn down?

Did you get logged out of your LinkedIn account? It isn't just you; LinkedIn is down nationwide.

When will LinkedIn be back up?

There's no word yet how long the LinkedIn outage is expected to last or what caused it.

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is a social networking site focused on business connections. People use it to post and search for jobs and to house professional résumés.

LinkedIn describes itself as a place to "manage your professional identity." It lists more than 1 billion users worldwide.

Twitter reacts to LinkedIn outage

Users flooded other social media sites to see what was going on with LinkedIn. Here's a look at some of the responses on the site formerly known as Twitter.

This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: LinkedIn down: Users see 'an error has occurred' day after Meta outage

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