Instagram users worldwide were hit by an unexpected glitch, leaving them scrolling aimlessly through feeds but stranded in a search-less void. While Meta’s other platforms hummed along smoothly, Instagram’s mysterious outage sparked a global wave of frustration and curiosity.
Users report that while the feed, profiles and stories loaded, users found they were unable to search and were hit by other technical problems.
Other services that are owned by Meta, Instagram’s parent company, appeared to be working as usual.
The problems started around 7pm UK time, or 3pm east coast time, according to tracking website Down Detector.
The issues appeared to be prevalent across the world, according to the same site.
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