Instagram users hit with temporary outage

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Instagram, the online photo-sharing and social networking service, was temporarily out of service Friday afternoon.

Some users of the Facebook owned app reported on blogs and other social media outlets of a wide-spread outage within the United States and Europe.

The website Down Detector noted a spike in people reporting problems with Instagram at around 2pm EST.

Attempts to use the photo-sharing app resulted in an error message that says "Couldn't refresh feed" and a “5xx Server Error” message appeared when any attempt is made to use the website.

“We're aware that earlier today some users had trouble accessing their Instagram accounts. This issue has been resolved," an Instagram spokesperson told FOX Business.

Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and the company boasts over 800 million users.