Facebook Inc has fixed a technical issue that caused a global outage of its services after more than a million people reported problems with its photo-sharing app Instagram.
The issue had also affected the company’s online messaging services Whatsapp and Messenger, with #whatsappoutage trending on Twitter in many countries, including India.
Thanks for your patience, that was a long 45 minutes but we are back! #WhatsAppDown
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) March 19, 2021
A Facebook spokesperson said the company had resolved the issue, which prevented access to its services.
User reports indicate Whatsapp is having problems since 1:34 PM EDT. https://t.co/cvGsWTfsWq RT if you're also having problems #Whatsappdown
— Downdetector (@downdetector) March 19, 2021
Over one million people had reported problems with Instagram, while nearly 20,000 users posted about issues with WhatsApp, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Yes, WhatsApp is experiencing outages! #WhatsAppDown
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 19, 2021
Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages might be affecting a larger number of users.
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