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On Tuesday morning, Instagram experienced a significant service outage, with users from various parts of the world reporting access difficulties.
The website Downdetector, which monitors issues on digital platforms, recorded a peak of 478 notifications of problems with the app in a short period, indicating that the service was either down or experiencing malfunctions.
Reports from affected users surfaced in several countries, notably in the UK, where around 500 incidents were registered in just 10 minutes, and in India, which saw over 1,500 complaints. According to the Independent, approximately 70% of the reported issues involved difficulties logging into the platform.
The outage left many users frustrated as they were unable to access their accounts for their usual morning scroll of posts, photos, and memes. While waiting for the service to return to normal, many are looking for new ways to entertain themselves digitally.
Meta, the company responsible for Instagram, has yet to comment on the reported technical failure.
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