India, July 19 -- Thousands of Facebook users reported issues accessing their accounts early Sunday after the platform experienced a widespread technical outage. Many were unable to log in, while others received error messages saying their accounts were temporarily unavailable. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, reports began rising at around 3:25 a.m. ET, with thousands of complaints logged within a short period, mainly from users in the United States.

Many Facebook users were greeted with a message that said: "Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes." Some users also reported seeing temporary account restriction messages before b...