WhatsApp down as millions struggle to access messaging service
25 October 2022, 08:34 | Updated: 25 October 2022, 08:39
Millions of users are unable to access or send messages on major messaging platform WhatsApp.
When users go to read their messages on the platform, the app says 'connecting'. Messages can be written out but do not send. Users are also unable to see blue ticks, which reveals when their messages have been read.
There has been no update from Meta, which owns WhatsApp, as of this morning.
A swathe of users have taken to other forms of social media, such as Twitter, to complain about the platform being down.
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I'm not the only one who opened twitter to check if WhatsApp was down then
— joanne (@JoannaJessie3) October 25, 2022
One user tweeted: "Is WhatsApp down ? Unable to send messages in groups and no double tick coming."
Another noted how users have taken to Twitter to see whether the platform is actually down. They tweeted: "When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem."
