Update:

Facebook proper, Messenger and Instagram began to function properly again for many users late Wednesday night.

Original story:

Facebook and Instagram users across the country have run into issues with the social media sites Wednesday.

There have not been many reported outages in the Asheville area at this time.

The main problem stems from logging into the social media sites. There is an error message that comes up on the login screen after the login fails.

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The message reads: "Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes."

The message links to a note on Facebook's help center that reads:

This usually means we're making an improvement to the database your account is stored on. While this process won't affect your account, you temporarily won't be able to access the site. Keep in mind, we don't do site maintenance on all accounts at the same time. It's possible that your friends will be able to access the site while your account is still unavailable.

Instagram is owned by Facebook which is why the issue is on the picture-based social media platform, too.

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Facebook as not commented on the outages.

People are not wasting time taking to Twitter to make jokes about the outages.

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