WhatsApp down in SA, many other countries
NEWSWATCH: WhatsApp has evidently ceased working in South Africa, as well as a couple of other countries around the globe. Twitter is flooded with #WhatsAppDown tweets - some extremely serious, others quite hysterical. [See update at the bottom of the article]
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The instant messaging app is currently not allowing users to send or receive messages, with the dreaded spinning 'waiting wheel' alongside the "connecting" notification.
According to a report on Fin24, over 500 reports from South Africa were submitted to outage reporting website, Downdetector, from 10:18am.
Retweet if you're affected#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/b3RHTpSBsc
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Twitter, every time this happens #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/JgJVYYgGm1— Aabed (@AbedBanna1) November 3, 2017
#whatsappdown in India for some users. RT is you're facing same problem.— Munzir Ahmad (@iamhacker) November 3, 2017
500 people in India have already died because Whatsapp is down and they couldn't forward a chain message to 10 people. #WhatsappDown— Anshu Mor (@anshuMor) November 3, 2017
For more:WhatsApp Users Right Now ��#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/mKRMc5fDsC— Hassan Roonjho® (@Hassan_Roonjho) November 3, 2017
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[UPDATE]: WhatsApp is operating again after the global outage earlier today. According to reports, the problem was due to a server that went down.