Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online in Qatar
The Peninsula
Doha: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are back online after a lengthy global outage around the world including Qatar. The company had earlier said it was "aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app” and it was working on restoring access. The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 11:45 ET. It is normal for websites and apps to suffer outages, though one on a global scale is rare. WhatsApp, #Instagramdown and #Facebookdown hashtags were trending on Twitter in Qatar. People took to Twitter and there were many creative memes on the social media platform making fun of the situation.
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