WhatsApp down: Messaging app not working as people unable to chat with friends

People are unable to send or receive chats or even load up conversations, according to users. And there doesn't seem to be any easy way of fixing the issue, which is affecting many of its users and is likely a problem with its servers. Problems with the app surged over the last hour, according to the website Down Detector. Those problems were particularly focused in western Europe, the East Coast of the US and South America, according to the same website. But that may simply be a result of timezones, and the problems could be happening elsewhere.