Instagram Users Have Been Randomly Suspended After App Blackout

It’s been a hectic few days for the social media sphere. The elephant—or big bird—in the room has been Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, of course. Coinciding with the transition, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has opened beta testing for an all-new decentralized social network. And Instagram, well, Instagram was down on Monday morning, possibly running a fever from all the stuff that’s been going on.

Meta’s photo-sharing platform might be no stranger to outages, but this incident was different. After coming back online on Monday, it mysteriously suspended several accounts.

anyone else facing this issue on Instagram? or is my account really suspended? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/FI33sM2MOD

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) October 31, 2022

Some users have also complained of a purge in organic followers, a spike in bot followers, changed passwords, and that they were forced to verify their contact details.

Instagram confirmed the snafu in a tweet, tactfully writing, “We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience.”

Details are scarce at this time as Instagram is still investigating the matter. Hopefully, affected users will get their accounts back.

@instagram what is going on? My account literally got suspended for no reason I did not violate any community guidelines, and when I try to verify the code it’s just giving me a loading error. Is anybody else having this problem? #Instagram #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/2ORKRtu0z7

— Niushaj_ (@QueenVIP8) October 31, 2022

me on my way to twitter after instagram randomly decides to suspend my account pic.twitter.com/g1Sa6GReVu

— mia.🌝 (@voilamia) October 31, 2022

#instagramdown
Instagram just suspended my account for no reason.

Me: pic.twitter.com/IrJCZH0uir

— DIYA MEHTA (@diyaaamehtaa) October 31, 2022

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