Instagram experienced a widespread outage early Wednesday, with users reporting major issues accessing direct messages, chat themes, search tools, and contacts. The outage tracking site Downdetector recorded over 10,000 complaints, primarily from the United States, with access problems constituting the majority of reports.
Separately, a study of over 8,000 children suggests that spending more than 30 minutes daily on social media platforms like Instagram is linked to a gradual decline in concentration skills between ages 10 and 14.
The main topics covered are the technical outage affecting Instagram's features and a study on social media's impact on children's concentration.