Tech Desk 
Nov 19, 2024
The renowned Meta-owned social media platform Instagram is reportedly down, facing a major outage around the globe.
The distortion in accessing the app has drawn users' ire, prompting them to take to Elon Musk's microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) to express dissent.
Instagram outage affecting users worldwide
Part of the ongoing glitches, Instagram users are unable to upload or share posts on their accounts, while accessing the app has been the most reported issue.
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Taking to X, several Instagram users posted: "Instagram stops working," while countless users kept vetting their anger out by sharing screengrabs depicting a pop-up error stating: "Instagram closed because this app has a bug."
On the sidelines of the outage which has crippled the entire app, some users also reported about specific features on the app being inaccessible, with one lamenting: "Instagram music feature down."
As Instagram's service blackout is active and in full swing, the company remains to acknowledge and alleviate it to restore the app's functionality.
