Instagram is down and suspending many accounts – here’s what we know

It looks like Instagram is down. Millions of users have been trying to scroll through their feed on the app, but rather than being brought with photos or reels, people are discovering that their accounts are locked out.

As of the afternoon of Monday, October 31, Instagram seems incapable of letting many users access their accounts, although others can still log in as normal and scroll through their feeds.

We’ve fired up this live blog to bring you all the latest developments, while we – and hopefully the Instagram team at Meta – try to figure out what’s happening.

If you’ve been getting this message, you’re not alone, but Instagram looks to be aware of the issue.

Rejoice – looks like Instagram is looking into the issue now. Best thing is to grab a drink, and hopefully once you’re back, all of this will have blown over.

(Image credit: Shutterstock / thongyhod / Twitter)

After the news earlier today that Twitter CEO Elon Musk is wanting to charge for the blue tick, and now Instagram is down, could we see a hat trick soon of another social platform having issues?

Snapchat ceases to snap?

Facebook ceases to face?

MySpace ceases to space? Again?

This is an example from @QueenVIP8 of how her Instagram account was suddenly locked out for no reason.

Again, if you only open up Instagram to look at dog pictures once a day and you’re wondering why you’ve been locked out, don’t panic – it’s a bug, and Instagram is aware.