The internet users were left on pins and needles after some major social media services including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were hit by a massive outage on Monday night and Twitter saved their lives.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that Facebook services had been affected internationally due to an outage and further details are being collected.
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Following the outage, Whatsapp didn’t disclose the reason behind the suspension of service and assured its users that it would be back shortly.
Apologies to everyone who hasn’t been able to use WhatsApp today. We’re starting to slowly and carefully get WhatsApp working again.
Thank you so much for your patience. We will continue to keep you updated when we have more information to share.
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) October 4, 2021
Moreover, Instagram and Facebook also apologize for the inconvenience caused due to the outage and assured to restore the services soon.
Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Bear with us, we’re on it! #instagramdown
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 4, 2021
We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021
In this regard, Netflix posted a meme portraying that Twitter is the guardian angel for internet users at a time when 3 majorly used social media applications went down for few hours.
When Instagram & Facebook are down. pic.twitter.com/mVFlVOOCOC
— Netflix (@netflix) October 4, 2021
Waiting for hours while the services were out of reach, netizens moved to Twitter and it became a life savior for the social media geeks who engaged on the platform with humorous memes.
Twitter right now – – – 😅😂#serverdown #WhatsApp #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/XBY58xhrUt
— Amrita Sharma (@amritaaso2019) October 5, 2021
Please be patient,just one more wire and it will be fixed#MarkZuckerberg #WhatsApp #Instagram pic.twitter.com/1bDC2WizCT
— Falak Cheema (@FalakCheema5) October 5, 2021
We are done fixing whatsap,facebook and instagram😂😂😂😂😂😂#WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/kP3mCgmgyJ
— Olaminet Blogger (@OlaminetB) October 4, 2021
Finally 😭😭#WhatsApp #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/uX2nsN6Fm2
— Gurpreet Singh (@Gurpree47643615) October 4, 2021