Instagram Deactivates Approximately 50 Million Accounts

Instagram has deactivated approximately 50 million accounts in a major cleanup operation that affected users worldwide. The mass deactivation resulted in several well-known public figures losing hundreds of thousands to millions of followers from their profiles. The social media platform's action appears to be part of efforts to remove inactive, fake, or bot accounts from its system, though the company has not provided detailed explanations for the specific criteria used in the account removals.