Updated with resolution of outage. Instagram and Facebook returned to full operation mid-day Tuesday following a 2-hour outage.

Andy Stone, a spokesman for parent company Meta Platforms, issued an update and an apology on X, formerly Twitter. “Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have difficulty accessing some of our services,” he wrote. “We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.”

The major social platforms have been used to get out the vote for today’s Super Tuesday presidential primaries in 15 states, including California.

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Instagram and Facebook suffered apparently widespread outages Tuesday morning, with users venting frustration on other social media platforms.

Users reported being kicked out of Facebook and unable to log back in. Visitors to Instagram were greeted by an error message reading, “Something went wrong. There’s an issue and the page could not be loaded.