By Newley Purnell 

SINGAPORE--Social media platform Facebook and photo sharing app Instagram were inaccessible Tuesday, users said.

People who tried to access Facebook, which has some 1.35 billion monthly active users globally, were greeted with a message that said: "Account Temporarily Unavailable." The mobile app was also affected, with users unable to load new posts.

The home page for Facebook-owned Instagram wouldn't load, and users who opened the app were unable to bring up recently posted images.

"We're aware that many people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram," a Facebook spokeswoman told The Wall Street Journal. "We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible."

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