The Meta-owned social media site acknowledges the problem.
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Instagram is suffering technical problems.
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Instagram suffered an outage on Monday, with the Meta-owned social media site acknowledging that people were struggling to access their accounts. The website Downdetector also highlighted the spike in reports.
“We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account,” it tweeted. “We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience.”
We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience. #instagramdown
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 31, 2022
The problem comes as some people reported receiving notifications saying they’ve been suspended from platform.
