WhatsApp down for hours before restarting

On the evening of 3rd May, the highly popular messaging app was down across a large part of the world, from India to the USA to Europe.

Normal service was resumed after a few hours, and the company is still investigating the cause of the problem. WhatsApp was down from approximately 10.30 pm CET, immediately sparking a flurry of social media posts with the #whatsappdown hashtag.