Instagram and WhatsApp are down around the world right now

Instagram and WhatsApp suddenly went down on Friday at around 1:30 p.m. ET. It is unclear what exactly is causing the problem, but the outage appears to be global, with users of both apps saying that they are unable to log in or send messages. A visit to Instagram.com results in a “5xx Server Error” at the time of writing.

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DownDetector shows a major spike occurring at 1:23 p.m. ET, with nearly 100,000 reports being made in the last few minutes for Instagram, and nearly 25,000 for WhatsApp. Both platforms are now owned and run by Facebook, and although the social media site is still up, Facebook Messenger is also down. A quick scroll through the comments shows people from the United States, India, South Korea, Germany, Brazil, Hong Kong, and more reporting problems.

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