Tech Desk 
Dec 01, 2024
WhatsApp users worldwide faced significant disruptions on Sunday, with many reporting issues such as sending text and voice messages, accessing the app, sharing multimedia files, and navigating its web platform.
According to DownDetector, 35% of users experienced app crashes, 34% struggled with sending messages, and 32% faced website-related issues. The most affected feature appears to be the sending and receiving of multimedia files, including videos and images.
Challenges for Pakistanis amid internet instability
In Pakistan, the WhatsApp outage has compounded an already challenging situation for users dealing with intermittent internet disruptions.
Connectivity issues occurred across platforms throughout the earlier outages, with many Pakistani users relying on such tools for daily communication and work.
Today's outage put even more strain on communication, especially in the business and education sectors, where users found it hard to send media files, which is essential for most activities.
This overlap of global outages with local internet instability speaks to the country's dependence on stable communication tools in Pakistan.
While Meta hasn't made an official comment on the reason for this outage, common explanations are always due to server problems or technical glitches.
