Social media sites Facebook and Instagram are reportedly down for users around the world.

People are taking to Twitter to say they are unable to access the websites and apps.

Some users trying to access Facebook were met with a message saying "Facebook will be back soon".

"Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few hours."

We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

— Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019

Instagram has 1 billion active users every month.

As of December 31, Facebook has more than 2.32 billion monthly active users.

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- Stuff/ Danielle Clent