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WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook apps hit by outage


Users on Meta platforms suffer access problems as thousands report outages on Wednesday evening.

Thousands of app users reported issues accessing the three sites late on Wednesday, with people taking to other social media to air grievances. The technical problem was not confined to the UK - Reuters reported that about 5,000 people have also been facing issues with Instagram in the United States. WhatsApp said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter: "We know some people are experiencing issues right now, we're working on getting things back to 100% for everyone as quickly as possible."

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