India, July 2 -- Many users worldwide, including the US, have reported problems with Instagram, with some blaming the flood of searches related to the "Diddy trial" for the outage. The well-known app is owned by Meta.

Instagram abruptly stopped functioning on Wednesday, leaving thousands of people worldwide in disarray. More than 2,000 users reported issues on Downdetector, citing technical difficulties with the mobile app and trouble accessing their feeds. As some found it difficult to access messages and comments on public sites, even from individuals they follow, others took to social media to rant about the Meta-owned network. Some said that they were unable to see their feeds because the program kept crashing completely.

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