A Meta spokesperson blamed a "bug" for the temporary suspension of Instagram accounts on Monday morning. It says the issues has since been resolved.
Some users
reported seeing a message that they were locked out but were still able
to scroll through their feeds. Others posting on Twitter said they were
completely shut out. Some reported that their number of followers
dropped, presumably because those accounts were locked.
The number of people complaining of being locked out of their accounts began to spike around 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
“We
are aware that some Instagram users in different parts of the world are
having issues accessing their Instagram accounts,” said a spokesperson
for Meta. “We’re working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and
apologize for the inconvenience.”
Users
flooded social media platforms about the issue and Instagram
acknowledged the problem on Twitter at 10:14 a.m. Eastern. In a couple
of hours, the tweet had received more than 14,000 comments and was
retweeted more than 40,000 times.
AP Wire Services contributed to this report.