WhatsApp Services Resume After Messaging App's Longest Global Outage 

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WhatsApp outage affected people in different parts of the world, including the UK, and other parts of Europe.

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Services of Meta-owned social messaging app WhatsApp were restored after over an hour of outage.

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With thousands of users complaining they were unable to send or receive messages in text or video format.

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According to Downdetector, a platform that tracks websites, more than 27,000 users reported WhatsApp outage.

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69% of the faced problems with sending messages, 24% has troubles with server connection and 7% had issues with the overall app.

"We're aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages & we're working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as  possible."

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Amid outage, social media users said they were unable to connect to the app or send any messages.

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The hashtag #whatsappdown was among the most trending on Twitter across the world on Tuesday.

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Messaging app "Signal” saw a 138.09% jump in searches since 8 am, while privacy-focused messenger Threema exploded with a 400% jump in searches since the WhatsApp outage, it said.

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