Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service 'as quickly as possible'
Updated | By AFP
Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service 'as quickly as possible'
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US tech giant Meta confirmed a global outage was affecting its messaging service WhatsApp on Tuesday and said it was working to restore the service "as quickly as possible".
"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 spokesman told AFP.
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