Instagram glitch suspends ‘millions’ of accounts

A huge number of users were randomly suspended from the social media platform

Instagram said it is investigating a sudden mass suspension of its users’ accounts which was apparently caused by a glitch. The confirmation came as thousands of complaints from furious Instagrammers began to flood other social media platforms.

“We’re aware that some of you are having issues accessing your Instagram account. We’re looking into it and apologize for the inconvenience,” Instagram’s communication team said in a tweet on Monday.

Many users of the Facebook-owned platform received notifications informing them that their accounts had been suspended and that they were allowed “to disagree with this decision” within 30 days.

According to the Down Detector website, the outage affected tens of thousands of people.

help @instagram my private account has been blocked and I have so many Halloween pictures to post