UPDATE: WhatsApp is back and restored to normal
Have no fear, for WhatsApp has now come back to life after being down for a small amount of time.
Comes as a huge relief to people and businesses as WhatsApp is now back online.
It was down for a couple of minutes and to much of our surprise people were absolutely loving it on Twitter.
So rest assured that anyone who is being floored with messages, can now be glad that their communication platform is back online again.
Still, we can have some sort of fun looking at various memes on social media.
Whats app down like loadshedding in South Africa 😭 pic.twitter.com/qL0woLmCgL
— Hano (@Hano79162434) October 25, 2022
WhatsApp was down worldwide (music from a horror movie plays).
Read more: WhatsApp global outage: here's what we know
According to Business Tech, the communication app WhatsApp has gone down in what appears to be an extended outage affecting both South Africa and many other parts of the world.
Read more: Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service 'as quickly as possible'
This is not the first time that the communication app has gone down.
In October 2021, platforms owned by Facebook's parent company Meta suffered a global outage.
This left WhatsApp users in the dark, along with those of Facebook messenger.
Read more: Rejoice! WhatsApp users can now hide their 'online' status
Many people have seen this as a bad thing and have started to react on Twitter.
Have a look at what people have been tweeting with regards to this disaster...
You came here to see if Whatsapp is down right? pic.twitter.com/Vwx1urd3BS
— 0xShane (@BeLikeShane) October 25, 2022
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
This story is still a developing one and we will keep you informed.
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