THOUSANDS of WhatsApp users have complained that the app has stopped working.
The popular chat app is used by billions of people around the world – but some users say they’re currently locked out.
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But on Wednesday, thousands of users logged on to Down Detector to report an outage.
Users say they’re having issues with sending messages.
Other have reported issues with server connection.
It’s unclear what has caused the outage at this time.
Users have already flocked to Twitter to complain about the outage.
One wrote: “Is WhatsApp down or is it just me?”
Another said: “Coming to Twitter to check if WhatsApp down.”
And one tweeted: “Twitter to everyone coming to check if WhatsApp is really down or their data just not working.”
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App outages like this aren’t uncommon, although WhatsApp rarely reveals the specific causes of the issue.
But any issues for a wildly popular app like WhatsApp – with more than 2billion users globally – can be devastating.
Reports of issues are flooding in from around the world, including the UK, US, Mexico and Canada.
The Sun has asked WhatsApp for comment and will update this story with any response.
The official WhatsApp Status Twitter page hasn’t posted any updates since 2014.
And WhatsApp’s main Twitter page hasn’t noted any issues with the service.
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