WhatsApp Web down? Multiple users report service disruption, unexpected jumps to Facebook

WhatsApp Web appeared to be down on Wednesday, May 20, across the United States and some parts in India too with multiple users reporting a service disruption and unexpected redirects to Facebook. Hundreds of users complained that they were redirected to the login page of Facebook, another of WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta’s platform, as they tried to scan their passkey through the mobile app to log into WhatsApp web.

Notably, WhatsApp users across the world reported outages, including Asian countries like Malaysia and Singapore.