Facebook and Instagram go down, outage spike reported globally [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — If you had trouble accessing Facebook or Instagram on Wednesday afternoon — it wasn’t just you. 

Several of Meta’s social media platforms experienced issues globally on Wednesday afternoon, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. People who tried to access the websites around 1 p.m. EST were greeted with a “something went wrong” message.

People on WhatsApp, a popular global messaging service run by Meta, said they were unable to send messages around 1 p.m. People in other countries reported similar issues.

Meta did not say as of 1:30 p.m. what’s causing the issue or when the platforms are expected to come back up.

This story is developing and will be updated with more information.