Global Halloween Instagram outage causes chaos, as many users ask: why has my instagram account been suspended?
The issue, which appeared to affect users at around 2pm on Monday, saw social media users unable to login.
Many Instagram users accessing the app were met with the news their accounts had been suspended, whilst others spotted a large drop in follower numbers. The platform confirmed there had been an issue via Twitter, stating, “We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We’re looking into it and apologise for the inconvenience.”The notice that greeted many Instagram users today came as a surprise.Many accounts - including that of Premiere League and Manchester United footballer Christiano Ronaldo - saw over 3 million users disappear in a matter of seconds, dropping to just over 493 million.
It's a bizarre error that saw many users questioning whether the error was a Halloween prank. While others became concerned they'd be unable to post Halloween photos.One Instagram user posted to Twitter: "What is going on with @instagram suspended my account for no reason!!!! #instagramdown." It comes as outage monitoring website Down Detector saw over 3,000 down alerts registered at 2pm GMT.Instagram PR said the company is looking into it.
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