Meta platforms suddenly stop working in huge outage

Source: The Independant

Facebook, Instagram and Messenger have gone down in what appears to be a huge outage at parent company Meta.

Users found themselves unable to load the apps or websites as normal. On Facebook, affected users found they had been logged out and were unable to get on, while Instagram refused to work at all.

The warnings about being logged out led to widespread concern among users that their accounts had been hacked, and a variety of concerned phrases trended on Twitter/X.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-instagram-messenger-down-not-working-latest-b2507376.html

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Cannot upload avatar image / I just get a page that says 403 forbidden.

when I hit the upload button.

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Help uploading my avatar

When I try to upload an avatar It just goes to a blank page called forbidden 403. Any help would be appreciated.
Is there another way? Can someone on staff do it for me?