Meta’s Facebook and Instagram are both experiencing outages as users are locked out of their accounts, sparking wild theories online that this is part of an effort to rig the US election.
Many have taken to Down Detector to report issues when logging in to social media sites.
Andy Stone, communications director at Meta, posted on X, formerly Twitter: “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.”
The issues have coincided with Super Tuesday as states across the country vote in Democrat and Republican primaries.
Now, users have taken to social media to suggest that this could be linked to the election.
One posted on X: “Interesting that FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM are both down on Election Day.”
X CEO Elon Musk has mocked his rivals, saying: “If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working.”
Heading into Super Tuesday, Trump is fresh from a big win in Colorado as he is allowed to run in the state.
The Colorado Supreme Court had ruled that he could not run in the state due to his alleged incitement of the January 6 insurrection.
Trump has always denied inciting the riot on Capitol Hill in January 2021.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that Trump can be put on the ballot.
