India has one of the highest numbers of users on Facebook as well as its other platforms.Īs per government data shared earlier this year, India has 53 crore WhatsApp users, 41 crore Facebook users, and 21 crore Instagram users, news agency PTI reported.

Users, in different parts of the world, reported being unable to access the applications.

While it is normal for websites and apps to suffer outages, one on a global scale lasting for several hours is rare to see. S p e c O f G o l d ⚠️ October 4, 2021Īs a result of the avalanche of tweets, several related hashtags dominated Twitter trends.Īs the global outage of Facebook-owned apps persists for several hours, Twitter seized this opportunity to say 'hello literally everyone', followed by WhatsApp waving back. Whatsapp and Instagram down again, the world right now switching to Twitter like: #instagramdown /m21ijt5e2hĭuring Instagram, WhatsApp & Facebook goes down, I Believe in Twitter supremacy 👑 /B5RkX60Qaj #instagramdown again? The only ones that never let me down fr /QCp8hF51VXįacebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down right now, meanwhile everyone coming to Twitter to check /ABBDo9qKqy

Meanwhile, netizens swarmed Twitter to share their reaction with their favourite memes. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible.Īn official clarification over the cause behind this global outage is awaited.ĪLSO READ | Nobel Prize 2021: How Our Sense Of Touch Works - Discoveries That Won US Scientists Medicine Nobel | EXPLAINED We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. A similar statement was posted on WhatsApp's official Twitter account.

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