Are Facebook and Instagram Down? What to Know
Users are reporting problems with the Meta social media apps.
June 12, 2026 7:24 a.m. PT
Users of some of the most popular social media apps reported widespread issues Friday morning. The problems included Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger, all of which are owned by Meta.
Downdetector showed more than 80,000 reports of issues with Facebook around 10:15 a.m. ET Friday. Downdetector and CNET are both owned by the same parent company, Ziff Davis.
CNET has reached out to Meta for details.
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Here's what I'm seeing
By Jon Reed
I'm apparently able to access Instagram, but trying to log into Facebook in the browser on my phone gave me an endless loading screen.
I've also been able to see messages in Messenger, although they've been slow to load.
We've seen a massive, sudden spike in outage reports across...
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