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There was panic on Instagram, thousands of users suddenly logged out, ‘Error’ message visible on the website: – ..
Samira Vishwas | February 6, 2026 11:24 AM CST

News India Live, Digital Desk: There was a stir in the world of social media today when the world’s most popular platform Instagram Suddenly stopped working. Thousands of users complained that they have been automatically ‘locked out’ from their accounts. When users tried to open the app or website, only an ‘Error’ message was flashing in front of them.

Flood of complaints on DownDetector

Website outage tracker DownDetector According to , complaints of technical glitches started coming in Instagram from this afternoon itself.

Major problems: About 70% of the users reported difficulty in logging in, while 20% of the users’ feed was not refreshing.

Affected areas: This problem was seen not only in India, but also in America, Britain and many parts of Europe.

This error message was shown to the users

When users were opening the app, they were getting messages like “Sorry, something went wrong” or “Check your connection”. Many users started fearing that their account might have been hacked, but it soon became clear that it was a Global Server Glitch.

What was said by Meta?

Meta has not yet revealed the exact technical reason behind this outage, but according to sources, the problem occurred during the company’s internal server update. However, after a few hours of effort, services are now gradually being restored in many areas.

The round of memes started on X (Twitter)

As soon as Instagram went down, users turned to microblogging platform ‘X’. #InstagramDown Started trending top. While sharing funny memes, users wrote that they have come to Twitter to check whether their internet is not bad.


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