Meta-owned social media giant WhatsApp was down for thousands of users globally on Saturday evening, according to outage tracking website Downdetector on Saturday, April 12.
The data shows that the disruption tracking platform registered nearly 600 reports of an outage from social media users as of 5:30 p.m. (IST), while another 173 reports were registered around 7:30 p.m. (IST), Downdetector website shows.
The data also shows that close to 88 per cent of the user reports claim that they are facing issues sending their message through the social media platform, while 10 per cent of the user complaints show that they are having problems with the application itself.
There also 2 per cent of people who reported that issue were facing issues logging into the social media messaging platform, WhatsApp on Saturday evening.
In India, United States and other parts of the world, users indicated problem with the app and sending messages. Several users also took to social media platforms to share screenshots of messages not being delivered.
The reason for the sudden WhatsApp outage has not yet been determined.
