<p>Meta's Instagram was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.</p><p>More than 5,000 users reported issues with accessing the photo-sharing platform in the United States at the peak of the outage, Downdetector's data showed.</p><p>Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.</p><p>Meta did not immediately respond to a <em>Reuters</em> request for comment.</p>
<p>Meta's Instagram was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.</p><p>More than 5,000 users reported issues with accessing the photo-sharing platform in the United States at the peak of the outage, Downdetector's data showed.</p><p>Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform.</p><p>Meta did not immediately respond to a <em>Reuters</em> request for comment.</p>