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Daily Mirror
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Bradley Jolly

Instagram 'down': Users unable to refresh feeds or send messages

Instagram crashed tonight, sending social media users into a frenzy.

More than 8,000 people worldwide have logged issues with the service.

The website downdetector.uk showed a map of areas worst affected, including the UK and parts of the US.

Mirror Online has contacted Instagram for comment.

Thousands of gamers claimed they were unable to access the Playstation Network tonight.

Many PSN users saw the error 'WS-37403-7' when trying to use their PlayStation 4.

The outage peaked around 8pm with the number of gamers experiencing issues rising.

The issue mainly seems to be affecting players in the UK and Northern Europe, according to the site's live outage map.

The countries in Europe in which the Instagram problem was worst affected are shown (Down Detector)

At 9pm the service still showing an amber warning with a message which simply reads: "Some services are experiencing issues."

"We're aware that some users are experiencing issues logging into PSN.

"Thank you for your patience as we investigate," Sony said in an update on its official Twitter support account.

The PlayStation Network (PSN) is Sony's digital media entertainment service, encompassing an online marketplace for games, movie streaming and downloads, music and game streaming via Playstation Now.

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