WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger are down for thousands of users, according to Downdetector. The majority of those affected appear to be in London.
The app monitoring site showed large spikes of users reporting issues with the three Meta-owned apps. A map shows that most of the affected users are in London, however many areas across the UK have been affected.
Cities such as Manchester and Glasgow also have large outages reported. Multiple messages have been left on Downdetector's site complaining about the outage. The huge spike in reported problems began after 3:12pm today, according to the site.
This is not the first time in recent months that Meta, who owns WhatsApp, has had major outage issues.
In December last year, more than 100,000 complaints were made after Facebook, another Meta-owned platform, went down.
A Meta spokesperson shared the following statement: "We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience."
While in October 2021, Mark Zuckerberg apologised after Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram went down for nearly six hours. During the outage, potentially billions of people were left without access to the social media tools they heavily relied on for communication with friends and family.
The repercussions also extended to Zuckerberg at the time, with around a $6 billion (£4.4 billion) loss in his personal fortune as Facebook shares experienced a sharp decline. The business entrepreneur wrote in a post: "Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger are coming back online now. Sorry for the disruption today -- I know how much you rely on our services to stay connected with the people you care about."
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