After a request for a text message, WhatsApp expired, and its CEO, Will Cathcart, announced the reinstatement of the messaging app, saying WhatsApp was "working again. "Facebook-owned social media platforms, which include WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook itself, have a problem around 8:30 pm PST worldwide. The platforms returned online at about 4am PST after a seven-hour shutdown. "We are back now and we are working now," the WhatsApp manager on Twitter said on Tuesday.
"We know that people have not been able to use WhatsApp to communicate with their friends, family, businesses, community groups, and more today - a humbling reminder of how much organizations and people rely on our daily app," Cathcart said his company takes its work seriously. In a tweet, he thanked his team members for their efforts to restore the functionality of the project.
"Thank you to everyone who worked hard to bring our service back with the loyalty you expect from WhatsApp," he said. "We will learn and grow from this, and continue to work to provide you with a simple, secure, and reliable confidential messaging app."
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg also faced service disruptions on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
He apologized to the users of the services and announced the reinstatement of their operations. According to Twitter, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer has also apologized and in a recent tweet, announced the gradual restoration of Facebook. The Downdetector, which provides real-time status and expiration details for all types of services, has indicated that WhatsApp logging was reported at 8:23 pm (Pakistan Standard Time) and shot 17,659 complaints at 9:06 pm. The website revealed that the Instagram exit was first reported at 7:59 pm, and Facebook went down about the same time. WhatsApp last declined in March and was reinstated a few hours later, however, the reason for the shutdown was not officially announced by the company. Instagram photo-sharing app also went down earlier this month and is kept behind
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