Facebook users have reported that the social media site is currently down and not working. 

It comes as more than 17,000 users of the app took to the outage site Downdetector to share they are having issues with Facebook.

On the site, it shows that 64% of users are facing trouble with the website, while 22% are struggling with the App and 14% have reported problems with the logging service.

The Facebook outage reportedly began at 3pm and continues to be facing struggles for many users at the time of writing, according to DownDetector.

Instagram users have also reported that the photo-sharing social media platform is also down with more than 9,000 outage reports.

Users of Instagram have reported problems with the app with more than 88% of users taking to Downdetector. 

Other Meta-owned platforms seem to be experiencing issues too, including Threads, a new platform that operates with Instagram, and Whatsapp.

YouTube users may also be experiencing problems.