Instagram is FINALLY back online after accounts were mysteriously banned
Cristiano Ronaldo – the most followed person on Instagram – lost 3 MILLION followers during a four-hour outage that also resulted in MILLION accounts being banned.
- The outage appeared around 9 a.m. ET and was fixed about four hours later.
- Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the most followed person on the platform, lost about three million followers during the crash.
- This may have been due to the blocking of millions of accounts, but the cause of the problem is unclear.
The most followed person on Instagram appears to have lost three million users during a four-hour outage to the social media platform on Monday.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer, temporarily lost a large number of followers shortly after the social media platform went down around 9am ET, but has since regained all of his fans.
While the cause of the accident remains unclear, several users reported that their accounts were suspended because they “did not follow the community guidelines”.
Others have also lost followers, which may have been due to millions of accounts being suspended, resulting in the deletion of follower counters.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer, lost about three million followers during a four-hour Instagram outage.
MailOnline contacted Instagram owner Meta for more comments on the cause of the problem, though he acknowledged it on Twitter.
Just after 10:00 AM ET, Instagram tweeted: “We are aware that some of you are having trouble accessing your Instagram account. We are looking into this and apologize for the inconvenience.”
MailOnline tried to access the application and found no problems.
But the affected users received a message from Instagram saying “We have suspended your account on October 31, 2022.”
There are 30 days left to disagree with this decision. Your account does not comply with our Community Guidelines.”
Those who clicked to appeal their suspension then saw a mysterious black screen with a loading circle.
“Can anyone explain?”: MailOnline contacted Meta, the company that owns Instagram, for comment. Many users took to Twitter to discuss the issues they were facing.
Other users have reported losing followers, possibly due to blocking other users on the platform.
Affected Instagram users received a message from Instagram saying: “We have suspended your account on October 31, 2022.”
Affected users were given the option to appeal their suspension, but then saw a mysterious black screen.
Many users took to Twitter to discuss the issues they were facing.
One user wrote: “Ok, my account got suspended for no reason, I couldn’t appeal it and now my account is gone. & I’m not alone.’
Another added, “My IG account was banned just NOW! So many tweets that their account got banned too! HELP US INSTAGRAM!”
And one joked: “Everyone checks Twitter when WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook is down.”
MailOnline tried to access the application and found no problems. However, others have taken to Twitter to discuss the issues they are facing.
Another user from West Virginia, USA said: “Has anyone else just blocked Instagram for no reason? And now Instagram won’t even bother giving you an appeal, it’ll just give you an error?”
Meanwhile, a user from Melbourne, Australia said, “Does anyone else have Instagram randomly crashing after 30 seconds of using the app?”
Instagram is one of several platforms owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, along with WhatsApp and Facebook.
Just last week whatsapp there was a two-hour outage due to which users around the world could not send or receive messages.
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