They’re 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 and Ireland.
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% couldn’t see pictures, and 11% had a total blackout.
When trying to access Facebook, some users have been met with an error message, reading: "Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes."
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