Whatsapp Down In India: Online Status, Privacy Settings Face Issues

Whatsapp user experienced issues related to privacy settings and online status on Friday.

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New Delhi:  WhatsApp went down on Friday evening for millions of users in India and elsewhere who reported issues with privacy settings as well as last seen online status not working. According to the outage monitor portal Down Detector, there was a 66 percent spike in WhatsApp down reports, with last seen online status not working for them as well as 28 percent reporting connection issues. Both Android and iOS WhatsApp users took to Twitter to report the issues. "WhatsApp is experiencing issues when updating privacy settings," tweeted WaBetainfo which tracks new features in Beta versions of the messaging app. "Has anyone else's ‘last seen' on WhatsApp been automatically turned off and can't turn it back on?!" one user tweeted. "Does anyone know what's going on with #whatsapp?" tweeted another. Facebook or WhatsApp was yet to comment on the outage. On June 16, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram suffered outages in various parts of the world, and Instagram users were not able to post direct messages. WATCH | Coming soon: WhatsApp to upgrade group video chat, more windows likely| ABP UNCUT