MUSCAT: WhatsApp and Instagram, owned by Facebook has come back to life after suffering global outage on Friday night.
Many users, including those in Oman, were unable to access both Instagram and Facebook on Android and iOS. They were greeted with a ‘couldn’t refresh feed’ message.
According to Downdetector, more than 1.2 million people reporter issued with Instagram, while over 25,000 reported issues with WhatsApp.
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WhatsApp did not reveal the reason behind the outage. “Thanks for your patience, that was a long 45 minutes but we are back!” a statement from WhatsApp said on its official Twitter account.
The hashtag #whatsappdown started trending soon on twitter and users vent their frustration soon after the outage.
