Saturday morning turned out to be social-media-free for a number of Facebook and Instagram users, albeit involuntarily. Some people reported difficulties accessing the two social platforms beginning at about 9 a.m. "Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Facebook services. Some had trouble logging into their Facebook account entirely, others reported having issues posting on the platform, or sharing from platforms like Twitter onto their Facebook page. For Instagram, people reported problems logging in, refreshing their news feed, posting to Instagram Stories, "liking" photos and more.

Source: CNN August 26, 2017 16:30 UTC