By late morning, many users started to report that things were working normally again and that their photos and access had been restored.
Social media outages like this one usually do not last for long. Last month, Instagram said that a confirmed outage had been resolved within an hour.
Meta’s stock price fell about 5 percent in early trading on Monday, after opening at $98.21. The company has had a turbulent year: By Friday’s close, Meta’s stock price had plunged more than 70 percent this year. In July, the social media company reported its first revenue decline since going public, and it has continued to post slowing growth. This month, it reported that its profits had slumped 52 percent from a year earlier.
Chris Perry, a real estate agent in Arlington, Va., noticed that he was losing dozens of followers by the minute on Monday morning, before his account was suspended. His Instagram account, which had about 45,000 followers, helps him connect with potential buyers and sellers.
“It’s a big concern of mine, not being able to get back in,” he said. “If it’s not up right now, it’s not a huge deal. I can wait. If it’s permanently deleted, that’s a big part of my business.”
For Beth Bourdon, a public defender in Orlando, Fla., Instagram is for fun, not work. The issues with her app started Sunday night when the app continuously crashed as she tried to scroll through her feed, she said, but her account was never suspended.
“I have a lot of friends who have small children, and they live for Halloween,” she said. “They go all out, so I know they want to be posting their Halloween photos.”
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