Overview

• Outage began around 11:00 UTC on July 24, according to Downdetector reports
• Millions of users faced failures to send or receive messages, download media and access the app
• Meta has not provided an official explanation or estimated time for service restoration
• Companies and organizations reported breakdowns in internal communications during the interruption
• Frustrated users flooded social media with memes and hashtags like #WhatsAppDown, migrating to apps such as Telegram, Signal and Threema