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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T12:13:33.000Z",
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    "The GB News Editorial Charter",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nInstagram is down for hundreds of users.\n\nUsers are reporting that the Meta-owned social media app isn't loading recent Instagram Stories on the platform. The feature allows you to share vertical, full-screen photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours — appearing in a bar at the top of your feed.\n\nAccording to tracking website Downdetector, hundreds of users have reported issues with the app loading properly in the UK.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSeveral users have posted on X, explaining that recent Stories aren't loading on their feed.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n> instagram story down???? or just me?!! 😭\n>\n> — serafina. (@jamlgt_) April 23, 2026\n\nOne user wrote: \"My business runs off my stories.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n> WHY WHY WHY is instagram down again!!!! My business runs off my stories IM PANICKINGGGGG pic.twitter.com/oD53edscIJ\n>\n> — 𝐄 𝐌 𝐈 𝐋 𝐘 🏹🤍 (@emilyluluhuntt) April 23, 2026\n\nAnother user said, \"Instagram stories are down today. I feel so livid.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n> Instagram stories are down today I feel so livid\n>\n> — 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥🐉 (@KatheuNzyimi) April 23, 2026\n\nInstagram Stories first arrived on the platform in 2016 — aiming to compete with similar features found on Snapchat.\n\nStay tuned to GBN Tech as we keep you updated on the outage.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Instagram is down: Instagram Stories not loading in UK, hundreds of iPhone and Android users complain"
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