Are Instagram DM's not working for you too?

According to reports, several Instagram users are experiencing a weird glitch where Direct Messages or DMs are not working, resulting in messages not being sent.

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Not only Instagram DMs but Facebook Messenger is also experiencing the same bug where messages are disappearing as soon as users send them.

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It has been more than 12 hours since the issue has been spotted by users, as per Down Detector. Meta has not acknowledged it as of now, and the reason behind this issue is unknown as of now.

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However, only messages have been impacted on both platforms. Other services like photo uploading, comments, and feed, are working normally.

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