Facebook and Instagram users have been kicked out of their accounts in what appears to be an issue affecting the social media networks globally.
Shortly before 3:30pm GMT users were booted off the platform with many quickly resetting their passwords under the assumption that they had been hacked.
A number of users from across Northern Ireland took to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter to check if other users were facing the same issues.
Many users reported that they were getting a “session expired” or “unexpected error” message.
The cause of the issue is currently unknown and we await more information on when access to accounts will be restored.
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta have said that they are aware of the issue and are working on fixing it.
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What you’re missing on Facebook
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Users worried
Users have reported feeling worried that being logged out and met with a message that their password was incorrect as an indication of being hacked – however, there is no evidence of this at this stage.
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Password issues
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Marked safe
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Hundreds of thousands accounts affected
More than 160,000 in the UK people have reported that they have lost access to their Facebook account according to the site downdetector.co.uk
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Instagram feed issues
Users of the social media platform Instagram have reported issues updating their feed. Meanwhile, Facebook users have been logged out of their accounts in an issue impacting on the Meta social networks globally.
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What do we know so far?
Shortly before 3:30pm GMT users of Facebook and Instagram were logged out of their accounts .
Users were greeted with a “session expired” or “unexpected error” message.
This issue appears to be affecting users of the sites globally.
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