Facebook, Instagram down for the second time this month

Houston - There has been an uptick in users reporting an outage on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.

All platforms saw an increase in reported outages around 9:00 a.m., according to Downdetector. 

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This is the second time the social media platform has experienced issues this month. Users reported issues on March 5, 

Facebook officials say it was a technical issue that caused widespread login issues for a few hours.