Instagram users report outages and wave of account suspensions

Disruption comes less than a week after multi-hour outage at WhatsApp, also owned by Instagram's parent company, Meta

Instagram is looking into the reasons behind an accidental wave of account suspensions, which have led many around the world to worry that their access to the social network has been curtailed for good.

Users began reporting problems at about 1300 GMT, turning to other social networks to post baffled screenshots of the ban notifications. We suspended your account on October 31, 2022," the warning reads, before telling affected posters that their account doesn't follow our community guidelines" and that it will be permanently disabled in the event of the suspension being upheld.