Panic spread across all social media sites when WhatsApp users were unable to send or receive messages on the app.
WhatsApp went offline at around 10:30 pm IST, with issues reported in dozens of countries in Europe and Asia.
Down Detector reported the messaging app’s issue and said, "Whatsapp is having issues since 22:40. Are you also affected?"
People started tweeting about not being able to use WhatsApp and some of them were taking it lightly.
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