Facebook and Instagram are not working for thousands of users in the United States, according to outage reports. Downdetector and other user-status tracking indicated an increase in complaints related to the platforms, with users reporting that the services were unavailable or malfunctioning.

The reports align on the scope of the disruption, with impacts concentrated on U.S. users rather than confirmed worldwide outages. The coverage does not provide details from the companies themselves on the cause or timeline for restoration, but instead relies on patterns of user-reported issues collected by monitoring services.

Outlets present the outage primarily as a widespread user experience problem, citing the number of complaints and the platform monitoring evidence. At the same time, no source in the provided material confirms when the issue started, how long it will last, or whether the problem affects all features or specific regions within the U.S.