Facebook users began reporting access problems Wednesday morning, according to outage-tracking service Downdetector, marking the second time in less than a week that Meta's family of apps has faced widespread disruption reports.

Downdetector said user reports indicating trouble with Facebook began climbing at 8:12 a.m. Eastern time, with the hashtag #FacebookDown quickly circulating on social media as users sought to determine whether the issue was isolated to their own devices or part of a broader disruption. Reports of problems with Instagram surfaced just 13 minutes later, at 8:25 a.m., suggesting the two issues may be connected, though Meta had not confirmed any link or issued a public statement as of Wednesday morning.

A second disruption this week

Wednesday's reports follow a much larger, confirmed outage that hit Meta's platforms on Sunday. That earlier disruption left users of both Facebook and Instagram unable to access their accounts across multiple continents, according to two internet monitoring organizations and a direct check of the platforms at the time. Downdetector recorded more than 23,000 reports of Facebook problems in the United States alone between 3:44 a.m. and 5:02 a.m. Eastern time that morning, while at least 18,000 additional reports flagged issues with Instagram during the same window.

Internet watchdog NetBlocks said Sunday's disruption appeared to........

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