Facebook and Instagram are down for millions of users (Picture: Getty Images)
Meta’s Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps have suddenly stopped working for the second time this month, leaving millions of people across the world unable to log in to their accounts.
The outage was first reported at around 10:45am ET, and has affected users in the UK, US, throughout Europe and large parts of Asia.
A report from DownDetector, which monitors online outages, suggests that nearly 60% of users have faced problems logging in to Facebook’s messenger app today. 26% also reported being unable to access the website.
Meanwhile, 66% of Instagram users say they have also been unable to access the app.
It comes just weeks after a similar outage caused the apps go down for millions of people in a similar fashion.
Facebook users are encountering notifications claiming their accounts have been suspended or their sessions have expired, prompting them to log in again.
Meanwhile, Messenger users are being displayed as unavailable to their friends.
Certain users have reported the ability to send messages, but recipients are unable to respond.
The cause and length of the outage is still currently unknown.
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