Meta Platform\u2019s Instagram was back up for most users after a global outage, the photo-sharing platform said on Thursday, adding that an hours-long technical issue has been resolved.
\n\u201cEarlier tonight, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved this issue for everyone as quickly as possible,\u201d Instagram said in a tweet.<\/p>\n
Earlier tonight, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved this issue for everyone as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience. #instagramdown
\n\u2014 Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) March 9, 2023
\nAccording to interantional media reports, Downdetector, which tracks outages, reported more than 53,000 incidents of users unable to access Instagram at the peak of the outage. The website collates status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.
\nAs Instagram was coming back online, Downdetector said reports of outages had fallen below 1,000 in the United States.
\nReports of issues came down to less than 100 reports in the UK, India, Japan and Australia, the outage-tracking website showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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