Facebook and Instagram appear to recover after widespread Meta outage

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (WINK) — Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread outages Friday morning before service began returning for many users later by the mid afternoon.

“We're aware people are currently having trouble accessing our services. We're working on it,” said Meta spokesperson Andy Stone when the outage was first reported in the early morning.

Outage tracking website Downdetector.com reported a spike in users facing issues on the platforms starting just after 9:00 AM.

"We're coming back, though it may take a bit of time for everything to be fully back to normal," said Stone.