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Instagram outage affects thousands of users in US

Instagram went down for thousands in the US
Instagram went down for thousands in the US (Getty Images)
  • Instagram services have been restored following a brief outage that impacted thousands of users across the United States.
  • Monitoring site Downdetector reported a rapid increase in outage reports starting around 8 pm ET.
  • At its peak, over 10,000 users were unable to access the platform, according to Downdetector's data.
  • The majority of reported issues were related to Instagram's website rather than its mobile application.
  • Users took to other platforms like X to share error messages and express frustration during the service disruption.
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