IG outage tells millions their accounts are suspended

By Abhishek Chauhan October 31, 2022

An Instagram outage that started Monday morning is locking users out and

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telling many of them that “we suspended your account on October 31, 2022.”

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The platform confirmed the issue on Twitter, stating, “We’re aware that some of you are having

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issues accessing your Instagram account. We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience.”

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This morning, many users, received notifications saying they’re suspended from the platform.

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Reports of the issue seem concentrated among iPhone users, with some saying their app was recently

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crashing and unusable ahead of an update earlier this morning.

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