Links to Facebook stories won’t open in Safari

A friend of mine sends me links to Facebook stories via WhatsApp and when I click on the link it opens Safari but then all I get is a blank page as per screenshot below. Clicking on refresh does nothing.


i am not on Facebook so wonder if it’s something to do with that but although I can’t open the link in Safari, I can read the same story if I Google it. Have asked the sender and or other people in the WhatsApp group if there is a problem with the URL but others can read the story directly via the link.


Anyone got any idea how to sort this?

iPhone XR, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 20, 2023 11:57 AM

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Sure you’ll all be delighted to hear I found a solution to this….


works as expected if I turn off private relay….

Posted on Oct 20, 2023 2:08 PM

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Oct 20, 2023 1:47 PM in response to BDHL1976

BDHL1976 wrote:

A friend of mine sends me links to Facebook stories via WhatsApp and when I click on the link it opens Safari but then all I get is a blank page as per screenshot below. Clicking on refresh does nothing.

i am not on Facebook so wonder if it’s something to do with that but although I can’t open the link in Safari, I can read the same story if I Google it. Have asked the sender and or other people in the WhatsApp group if there is a problem with the URL but others can read the story directly via the link.

Anyone got any idea how to sort this?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f0adbf46-1eba-454d-b178-5af8cd4413a2

ask facebook support.

Links to Facebook stories won’t open in Safari

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