The European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act over Instagram and Facebook's addictive design — infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and engagement-tuned algorithms. Brussels wants them off by default; the fine exposure tops $12 billion.

'$12 billion scroll': EU finds Instagram and Facebook's addictive design breaks its law

Thousands of Facebook users worldwide faced a desktop website outage on Sunday, with login issues reported. The mobile app remained functional as Meta users awaited a fix.

Facebook, Instagram down? Thousands affected by ‘global outage’

Many Instagram users have been locked out of their accounts as a result of an outage that began on Monday morning (October 31), and many are being told that their accounts will be suspended.

Instagram probes issues after users complain their accounts are suspended

People from across the globe are tweeting about not being able to login and their Instagram feeds not refreshing.

Instagram is down globally, outrage on Twitter