Report: Instagram Limiting Developer Access to User Data Amid Facebook Privacy Scandal Techcrunch confirmed the news with developer Q&A website Stack Overflow. Instagram has reduced the number of times developers can pull data from Instagram's API from 5,000 calls per hour to 200 calls per hour. The move comes on the heels of a scandal involving its parent company, Facebook, which is under fire for allowing data firm Cambridge Analytica harvested data from over 50 million people's accounts. Instagram hasn't responded to Techcrunch's report. However, the company has stated plans to restrict developers' access by 2020.