Downdetector said user reports indicating problems with Facebook began at 10:41 a.m. Eastern time, the same timestamp at which the tracking service also flagged rising complaints about Instagram. Downdetector posted about the Facebook reports on its official account on the social platform X, asking affected users to describe how the outage was impacting them. As of Tuesday morning, Meta had not issued a public statement addressing either the Facebook or Instagram reports, nor confirmed the scope, cause or expected resolution timeline for the disruption. Meta's platforms, which include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads, have experienced a recurring pattern of outages over the past several years, ranging from brief, localized disruptions to major global incidents lasting several hours. This is a developing situation, and additional details regarding the scope, cause and resolution of Tuesday's reported Facebook and Instagram disruptions were not immediately available.