WhatsApp faces outage, down for thousands of users
The Hindu
The Meta-owed instant messaging platform has been facing an outage since 12:30 PM with users complaining of an inability to share message and make calls
Meta-owned WhatsApp is facing problems with thousands of users complaining of outages on Twitter.
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The instant messaging platform is relied upon by individuals as well as businesses to share information.
The outage have also been reported by Downdetector, a website that tracks realtime technology related outages. So far some twenty-eight thousand outages have been reported in the past one hour.
WhatsApp currently has over 350 million monthly active users in India. The platform had earlier this year rolled out features to help businesses connect with users in the country.
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