Users report outage on Instagram and Facebook. Possible cyber-attack?

Facebook users who were using mobile devices saw a pop-up that said, "Session expired; please log in again." Users reported seeing a message that stated, "Unable to log in," when they tapped on the message, which led them to the log-in screen. There was an unforeseen mistake. Kindly attempt to log in once more. Facebook users were incorrectly informed that their passwords were incorrect when they attempted to check in through a web browser. 

Those attempting to log into Facebook Messenger experienced the same issue. 

While most content is still accessible on Instagram, individuals are notifying themselves on their timelines that the feed is not updating. An alert like the one below shows up when attempting to visit Instagram online: 

Meta’s newest app, Threads, also had trouble loading. 

It’s currently unclear what is causing the outage. 

Last month, Facebook pledged to join other tech companies under pressure from the White House in cracking down on artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes that could undermine the integrity of major democratic elections in the U.S. and overseas this year.