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WhatsApp outage triggers memes on Twitter with #whatsappdown

IBNS | @indiablooms | Oct 25, 2022, at 08:39 pm

#WhatsApp #whatsappdown #whatsappdown

Messaging application WhatsApp's global outage has triggered memes on micro-blogging site Twitter with #whatsappdown.

Several users have switched to other social networking sites for texting and staying connected online.

People Coming to Twitter to see if WhatsApp is down#WhatsappDown pic.twitter.com/eGi25KiQhU
— Bella Ciao (Chai) (@punjabiii_munda) October 25, 2022

When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/pMcJm0Zn56
— Jamie (@GingerPower_) October 25, 2022

WhatsApp Engineer right now #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/vRg0RZXYTd
— MB (@bowx_) October 25, 2022

The news of getting WhatsApp down started coming from around 12:45 pm.

Meta, which owns WhatsApp, has issued a statement saying it is working to restore services.

"We're aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we're working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible," a Meta spokesperson said as quoted by various media.

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