Afghanistan, June 12 -- Thousands of Facebook and Instagram users reported problems accessing key features Friday morning, raising concerns about a potential disruption affecting Meta's social media platforms.
Users across the United States said they were unable to post comments, access account settings, refresh news feeds, or navigate portions of Facebook and Instagram. According to outage-monitoring data cited by the Connecticut Insider, reports of service problems began rising sharply shortly before 10 a.m. Eastern Time.
The disruption quickly became a topic of discussion across social media and online forums, where users sought confirmation that the issues were not isolated to their own accounts. Many reported receiving error messages...