The WhatsApp app
Dado Ruvic | Reuters
WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook parent Meta, suffered a global outage on Tuesday.
Problems were first detected around 3:17 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector.com, which monitors outages across internet services.
Users reported problems with sending and receiving messages. Normal service on WhatsApp had appeared to be restored at around 5 a.m. ET.
“We know people had trouble sending messages on…