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    WhatsApp experienced a significant surge in reported issues on Thursday evening, with users struggling to send messages and connect to the service. The spike in complaints, observed around 7:30 p.m., suggests a widespread disruption rather than isolated technical problems. Users took to social media to voice their concerns about message delays and app accessibility.

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    WhatsApp users reported issues with the messaging service on Thursday evening, with complaints rising sharply around 7:30 p.m., according to outage tracker Downdetector.

    Reports jumped from normal levels to over 100 within minutes, suggesting a brief disruption affecting multiple users. Users flagged problems sending messages and connecting to the app.

    The scale of the outage and regions affected were not immediately clear. WhatsApp had not issued a statement at the time of writing.

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