WhatsApp went down for users worldwide (updated) – Yahoo Finance

If you were trying to send messages via WhatsApp and they weren’t going through, you weren’t alone. The messaging app went down early Tuesday for many users around the world for at least 30 minutes. Based on information from Downdetector — and from Engadget editors’ reports — the service wasn’t working in several regions, including the US, Canada, parts of Europe like the UK and Italy, and Asian countries that include India, Malaysia, Japan and the Philippines. WhatsApp users either couldn’t connect to the service at all or their messages got stuck with the loading wheel and weren’t being delivered. Instagram and Facebook appeared to be working just fine throughout.As of 7:50am GMT, Downdetector reported that over 68,000 users in the UK alone had reported problems, according to Reuters. An additional 19,000 people in Singapore and 15,000 people in South Africa logged issues, too.The issue affected not just WhatsApp on mobile, but also on the web. It wasn’t sending messages either, and if you tried to set it up for the first time, the QR code that you need to scan with your phone to link your account would get stuck in loading mode. The app’s downtime, of course, affected…
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