Facebook and Instagram experience second outage in a week

Facebook and other Facebook-owned properties, including Instagram and WhatsApp, are experiencing outages for the second time this week. Some users remain unable to log in or post photos, but Instagram says the outage has been resolved. 

"Things have been fixed, and everything should be back to normal now," Instagram tweeted Friday. "thank you for bearing with us (and for all the memes this week)"

Reports from DownDetector.com show users first began having issues with the trio of apps around 2 p.m. EST. The outage appears to be widespread, with users unable to load their apps or post photos.