Instagram and Facebook are experiencing widespread problems, locking users out of their accounts and failing to load properly.
Outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 150,000 users reporting problems.
More than 25,000 outages were also reported on Instagram.
Problems on Facebook appear to leave users unable to login, with users logged out and unable to reset their password or access their accounts.
On Instagram, there are problems loading users’ timelines, stories and comments.
Meta, the parent company for both platforms, has not yet commented on the issue.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.
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