The social network of photos par excellence, Instagram, has suffered a series of serious failures since mid-morning on October 31. Many users complained that had trouble logging in or even that they be I had blocked the account.
From the twitter account of the social network, owned by facebookconfirmed that there was a problem and that they had gone to work on the problem: “We are aware that some of you are having problems accessing your Instagram account. we’re looking into it And we apologize for the inconvenience.”
We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience. #instagramdown
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 31, 2022
The failure did not affect all users, although many have already seen how they are left unable to upload photos and videos on a very typical day for it, such as the halloween eve.
The problems began around 2:08 p.m. Spanish time, according to the DownDetector website, which immediately caused twitter to fill with people wondering what was going on. with the hashtag #instagramdownwhich they also used from the fallen social network to announce their problem, many Internet users lamented what happened… or took it with a sense of humor.
Do not do anything with the Instagram account if it appears that it has been blocked.
It is a worldwide mistake.– Diego Poggi (@Poggi) October 31, 2022
Hours later, and progressively, the accounts returned to normal and users were able to start recovering their ‘Instagram’ activity.
Second Meta issue in a week
This is the second shock suffered by the Meta group, which encompasses all the social networks owned by Mark Zuckerberg, in just one week. A few days before this Instagram crash, Whatsappthe most widely used instant messaging application in the world, was not working for a few hours until the system was restored.
