Instagram Tests New Feature To Notify Users If Technical Problems Appear

JAKARTA - Instagram said on Monday, October 11 that it was testing a feature to notify users of outages or technical issues directly on the photo-sharing app. This comes days after two outages plagued the social media giant's service.

The tests will run in the United States and will last for several months, Instagram said in a blog post. (https://bit.ly/3oRjLwM)

On October 4, a six-hour blackout prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.

Earlier on Monday, again, many users faced problems with Instagram, according to user reports in the Downdetector web monitoring group.

Even the Company is also planning to launch a feature that will help make it easier for people to know if their account is at risk of being deactivated.

As a result of the outage, the social media giant has become the center of memes and jokes on Twitter after the blackout. Now they are also grappling with allegations by former employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen that the company has repeatedly prioritized profit over suppressing hate speech and misinformation.

Haugen, who provided documents supporting the Wall Street Journal investigation and a Senate hearing about Instagram's harm to teenage girls, has agreed to meet with Facebook's board of trustees in the coming weeks to tell them about what he learned while working at the company.