Instant messaging app WhatsApp is down for users across the globe.

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Thousands of users across the globe have reported problems accessing the app, noting issues with sending and receiving messages.

Downdetector has noted over 39,000 reports of outages since around 4:00 pm (ET) this evening.

Users from countries including Belgium, Finland, Israel, Kenya, and Sri Lanka are among those to report issues with WhatsApp.

Meta-owned WhatsApp suffered a notable outage in October when its service was down for one and a half hours.

Another Meta app, Instagram, suffered a global outage last month.

Update: 5:06 pm (ET) - The service is back up and running for some users again, though calling services remain down. Thousands of other users are still reporting that the service is down.

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