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Instagram was down for several users today for around 45 minutes. Users on Twitter complained about the service being down. The photo sharing app was unable to refresh the feed to show new pictures. Hashtag #instagramdown began trending on Twitter just after 9 a.m London time but shortly after Instagram resumed normal service.
According to users, the app displayed an error message saying "couldn't refresh feed", while the website displayed a "5xx Server Error" message. DownDetector's live outage map showed that parts of North America, Europe, Australia, India, Singapore and other countries had faced issues with the service.
No official word has come from Facebook or Instagram after service being down. The global outage occurs after Instagram announced on Monday that long term insider Adam Mosseri will take over as the new head of the photo sharing app, a week after its co founders resigned.
Instagram was bought over by Facebook in 2012 for US$1 billion. The photo sharing app has more than 1 billion active users and are growing after adding features such as messaging and short videos. Instagram is consistently adding more features and updates to make the platform more handy and fun.
