Meta-owned Instagram was back online after a brief global outage as users witnessed errors saying the app couldn't refresh, while it also went blank for some others.
WhatsApp acknowledged the problem and tweeted: "We are actively working to address the connectivity issues with WhatsApp, and we will provide updates here as soon as possible."
According to the outage monitor website DownDetector, over 59 per cent of people had reported problems while using the application, 32 per cent while using the website, and 9 per cent with server connection.