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(KGTV) – An apparent outage on Facebook and Instagram has left users across the U.S. and around the world unable to access the social media sites and apps on Thursday morning.
Downdetector.com showed the outage on Facebook began at around 6:17 a.m. Pacific time, with an issue with Facebook’s Messenger occurring less than 15 minutes later.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has also experienced accessibility problems at roughly the same timeframe.
Officials with Facebook have not issued a statement regarding the major outage.
