Yesterday, In India many users were shocked to find that their messages were not being delivered on WhatsApp. Social media platform Facebook too seemed to be showing an error. Instagram was not spared as well. Confused about what could possibly be going on, everyone turned to Twitter. Much to their surprise, and some relief, they realised that it was not their phones that had crashed – on the contrary, the three most popular social media platforms had stopped working simultaneously. Users online started reported problems with its services late Friday at about 10:55 pm IST. Outage tracker Downdetector shows a spike in outages.
According to the site, over 34,000 people have reported facing issues on WhatsApp at the time of writing this. By the time you read this, the number is likely to have increased.
It is not known what has caused the outage, but many users across the world, including India and the United States, are posting about the outage on Twitter.
Messages are not being delivered on WhatsApp. Users are also unable to post content on Instagram. Whatsapp’s official account on Twitter has not issued a statement yet. The issue with Facebook’s application is reportedly not global; some users are experiencing trouble and others are not.
Check memes here:
Telegram and Signal to WhatsApp users right now after #WhatsAppDown: pic.twitter.com/EsJownsYsY
— Soham Naskar (@SohamNaskar) March 19, 2021
Me getting on Twitter to see if whatsapp doesn't work anymore #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/xA3LT3oBJo
— Jr Nixon (@JrNixon4) March 19, 2021
All whatsapp and Instagram users coming to twitter to check if their net is working#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/VxcPTeuCL6
— Eeshan Bagchi (@bagchi_eeshan) March 19, 2021
After Checking Whatsapp & Instagram is Down
Me thinking #MarkZuckerberg blocked my account due to things I have done lol🤣🤣🤣#whatsappdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/9lZR9d4wBH
— Siva Harsha (@SivaHarsha_1) March 19, 2021
#whatsappdown
Me who deleted whatsapp and installed it again pic.twitter.com/6ozRi8BPrR— Waweven (@Waweven) March 19, 2021
Whatsapp and instagram down#instagramdown #whatsappdown
Situation of twitter people rn:- pic.twitter.com/WJ7ULYIXkA
— Jenny (@jennylane216) March 19, 2021
People coming on twitter to check whether whatsapp is down #WhatsAppDown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/62Jib8J01z
— _murag_e (@_murag_e) March 19, 2021
Telegram owners after seeing WhatsApp and Instagram down#whatsappdown 😂 pic.twitter.com/TLMqBLRJCS
— Iqrar Alee Ameer (@IqrarAlee112) March 19, 2021
Me restarting my phone 100th time in last 5 minutes without knowing that Whatsapp and instagram crashed.
*Le Mark Zuckerberg: #instagramdown #Facebookdown #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/kb5OlhcaAE
— Suresh Pilania (@Suresh_Pilania) March 19, 2021
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