WhatsApp also issued a statement over the same and said 'We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.' Meanwhile, Facebook has issued a statement over the outage saying 'We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. Earlier in March and April this year, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced major This is the third time the social media platforms have got down. The was also displaying this error message - 5xx Server Error.

More than 20,000 people reported that the WhatsApp was not working for them.

, a website that tracks issues related to traffic on major websites, also saw a spike in number of reports which confirmed that a large number of people are unable to access WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.

Users of these three Facebook-owned social media platforms were not being able to send and receive new messages from 9.15 pm ( Indian time) in India. Zuckerberg's comments have suggested that the company would aim to become more lean and rebalance its ratio of technologists and engineers to business and administrative staff.Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down in parts of the world on Monday. It also extended a hiring freeze through the first quarter, which has been punctuated by job and cost cuts by other Silicon Valley businesses. Meta already cut about 13% of its workforce, or about 11,000 jobs, in November. A further round of cuts is set to follow in May. The move is part of a cost-cutting push that will eventually whittle away 10,000 positions at the company, as announced by Zuckerberg in March. It indicates Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality Labs - which houses the firm's virtual reality efforts and Quest hardware - will all be impacted. The Facebook parent company notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday, via a memo seen by Bloomberg News. is set to commence companywide layoffs on Wednesday as it restructures teams and works toward founder Mark Zuckerberg's goal of greater efficiency.

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