It would seem that Messenger, in addition to Instagram’s messaging perform and different Facebook-owned providers, are at present having bother, as hundreds of customers report being unable to entry the corporate’s platforms Wednesday.

Around mid-afternoon EST, DownDetector confirmed that Instagram, Facebook (now re-named “Meta,” as the corporate pivots to construct a real-life Matrix), and Messenger have been all seeing a spike in stories of accessibility issues.

Like they often do, customers have been fast to share their displeasure on Twitter.

“Kinda assumed I broke my Messenger & IG inboxes until I searched “Messenger down” on Twitter,” tweeted one user. Others went the meme route:

Facebook appeared to rapidly verify that Messenger was, certainly, down. “No, your wifi isn’t out. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. #messengerdown,” Messenger’s official account tweeted Wednesday.

A spokesperson for “Meta” confirmed to Gizmodo that the corporate is having issues—particularly with the corporate’s communication platforms. They despatched the next assertion:

“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Messenger, Workplace Chat and Instagram DMs. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience,” a spokeswoman mentioned.

This newest obvious outage follows a huge one in October that noticed all of Facebook and its providers disappear from the web for the higher a part of a day. The blackout was in the end revealed to be the results of a “faulty configuration change” to an obscure however crucial routing protocol often known as Border Gateway Protocol or BGP.

These days, world outages are the least of Face-Meta’s troubles, nevertheless. Beset by ongoing revelations supplied by an organization whistleblower, Frances Haugen, the corporate has suffered by means of ongoing criticism relating to its enterprise practices. Haugen’s leaks have triggered inquires from Congress, in addition to ongoing media investigations.