Meta's Instagram back up after brief global outage

FILE PHOTO A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Instagram logo in this illustration taken February 21 2023. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Instagram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) -Meta Platform's Instagram was back up for most users after a global outage, the photo-sharing platform said on Thursday, adding that an hours-long technical issue has been resolved.

"Earlier tonight, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved this issue for everyone as quickly as possible," Instagram said in a tweet.

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