"We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible," a Facebook spokesperson told Reuters.
Earlier in the day, DownDetector.com, which monitors outages, showed that there were over 12,000 incidents of people reporting issues with using the website. 
A total of 50% of the people reported having trouble logging in while 40% complained that they faced total blackout issues and the remaining 10% faced problems with pictures, Downdetector said on its website report.