London, Europe Brief News – WhatsApp is suffering a serious service outage on Tuesday morning.
90% of the users around the world failed to send messages on the platform.
Users flocked to social media to share their issues, with many tweets and memes flowing in.
One user wrote: “is WhatsApp down? my messages aren’t sending.”
While another said: “Anyone facing issues with WhatsApp?”
Another wrote: “I’m not the only one who opened twitter to check if WhatsApp was down then,” prompting many replies sharing issues with the app.
According to user reports, messages appear to not be delivering to recipients, with only one tick showing on the delivery report.
The cause of the outage was not immediately clear.
In a statement, a company spokesperson said that it was trying to resolve the issue for users.
“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we’re working to restore the app for everyone as quickly as possible,” the representative said.
The platform is owned by Meta, which also controls Facebook and Instagram.
Last year, Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours.
