Instagram Fixes Bug That Blocked Accounts for Several Hours

Last Monday, Instagram said it had corrected a bug of software which made it impossible for thousands of user accounts to access the platform. This problem lasted for more than eight hours and also led to the identification of suspended accounts. According to the outage tracking website, DowndetectorThe number of reports on this incident has reached over 7500.

"This bug was responsible for causing people in different parts of the world to have problems accessing their accounts, causing a temporary change in the number of followers for some," according to a tweet from Instagram itself.

The US company, owned by Meta, did not detail what caused the problem or whether the accounts of bot suspended were restored again.

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