Thousands of WhatsApp users report problems in global outage

Downdetector.co.uk has recorded a surge in reports about the messaging app.The spike in reports took place shortly after 8.30pm.

Users have been affected all over the world, including vast swathes of Europe, the US, southern and central America, India and Australia.Twitter users have shared funny memes expressing their shock at the outage alongside the hashtag #whatsappdown.According to independent monitor Down Detector, a huge spike of problems was recorded shortly before 5pm.

The majority of these are around the last seen feature, while 24% said they are having connection problems. Users said they cannot see when their contacts were last online, and are unable to adjust their security settings. A map on the Down Detector website says that issues are being reported around the world, but with Europe appearing to be the epicentre.

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