INSTAGRAM users have been spooked after a Meta outage led them to believe that they’d been hacked.
Nearly 130,000 users in the UK and US alone say their Instagram app has crashed, according to popular down-site DownDetector.
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Users are unable to refresh their feed for new content and are unable to post.
When refreshing their feed, users are simply told: “Couldn’t refresh feed” or “No internet connection”.
When trying to post, users are met with the message: “Something went wrong. Please try again later.”
If using the Instagram camera to use effects or make a Reel, users see a pop-up saying: “Effects couldn’t load. Please check your network connection and try again.”
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Users are not even able to see their own pictures, which is likely what sparked hacking fears.
“The social media platforms Instagram and Facebook, both owned by Meta, are currently experiencing an outage,” one user wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“If you are having trouble logging in, there is no need to panic, you didn’t get hacked (I panicked too).”
Another tweeted: “Is Meta down or am I being hacked? My Instagram isn’t loading and my Facebook is also “session logged out”.”
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Meta is aware of the issue affecting both Instagram and Facebook.
In a message on X, Meta’s Andy Stone wrote: “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now.”
