Instagram users have found themselves unable to send direct messages this morning after reports began flooding in last night of glitches on the app.
Independent outage monitor Down Detector began recording a spike in 'Instagram down' reports around 4pm UK time on Tuesday July 5 and complaints have continued to roll in this morning (Wednesday 6 July).
Down Detector shows another peak of reports this morning at 9:18 AM - similar issues have also been reported with Facebook Messenger.