WhatsApp down: App not working as users unable to send or receive messages

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy WhatsApp has broken, with users unable to send or receive messages. The issues led to a huge spike of reports on outage tracking website DownDetector, with users around the world reporting problems. WhatsApp is the biggest chat platform in the world, with more than two billion monthly active users, and the third biggest social platform after Facebook and YouTube.