WhatsApp, a social network with 2 billion users worldwide, went offline on Thursday afternoon (the 3rd). There are complaints from internet users in several countries. Instagram, also belonging to Meta, went through problems together.
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More than 124,000 complaints about the platform’s operation were registered at around 3:19 pm, Brasília time, on the Downdetector website, which monitors network problems.
For WhatsApp, there was a peak in complaints at 3pm in Brazil. The main complaint is the failure to send messages. In Downdetector, they represent 62% of records.
According to the Meta services health status page, WhatsApp is facing a problem with the cloud service.
“We are currently experiencing an outage impacting service on Cloud API. (…) Our engineering teams are investigating the issue. We will provide another update within 4 hours, or sooner if additional information is available,” the company said .
Both the smartphone application and WhatsAppWeb are unstable. And also WhatsApp Business, used for shopping and business.
Memes on X
On X (formerly Twitter), several internet users complained or joked about the outage. See below:
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