Theyโre two of the most popular social media sites, but it seems that both Facebook and Instagram have crashed this afternoon.
According to Down Detector, the issues started at around 14:15 GMT, and are affecting users across the UK.
While the reason for the outage remains unclear, of those who reported issues about Instagram, 74% said they had problems with the News feed, 14% with Stories, and 10% with the website.
Meanwhile, of those who reported issues with Facebook, 65% struggled to log-in, 22% couldnโt see pictures, and 11% had a total blackout.
When trying to access Facebook, some users have been met with an error message, reading: โFacebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes.โ
While the reason for the outage remains unclear, many frustrated users have taken to Twitter to discuss the problems.
One user tweeted: โAnyone elseโs Instagram down? Like I got WiFi but itโs saying canโt refresh feed and wonโt load stories and my page ainโt loading. Same with Facebook. It wonโt let me add people back and canโt refresh the page.โ
Another wrote: โ#instagramdown. Cue all the tweets about having to interact with friends & family.โ
And one joked: โBlack Fridayย hitting hard on Facebook.โ
Mirror Online has contacted Facebook for comment.
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