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WhatsApp and Instagram experience widespread outage worldwide

Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

Published December 11th, 2024 - 06:11 GMT
WhatsApp and Instagram experience widespread outage worldwide
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The disruption, which also affected Facebook and Threads, started early on December 11, 2024, with reports peaking on platforms like Downdetector, indicating over 20,000 user complaints about WhatsApp alone.

ALBAWABA- WhatsApp and Instagram, two of the most popular Meta-owned platforms, experienced a major global outage, leaving users unable to send messages or access the apps. 

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The disruption, which also affected Facebook and Threads, started early on December 11, 2024, with reports peaking on platforms like Downdetector, indicating over 20,000 user complaints about WhatsApp alone.


This latest incident follows a series of outages affecting Meta services throughout 2023 and 2024, including a significant one in April 2024. Meta has yet to issue a detailed explanation for the current outage, which has disrupted communication for millions worldwide. 

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari is Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University-Global Center, Amman. A Yemeni academician with a Ph.D. in English "Comparative Literature" and two MA degrees, one in political science and the other in English, Dr. Al-Maswari possesses more than 17 years of extensive experience in university-level teaching, research, research reviewing, bilingual translation, and copy-writing...

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