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WhatsApp accounts blocked worldwide due to technical issue

Has your WhatsApp account suddenly been blocked or disabled? If so, it may not have happened because of anything you did wrong. In fact, due to an issue within WhatsApp, the accounts of thousands of people around the world have reportedly been blocked.

Several users on social media platforms reported that their WhatsApp accounts had been blocked and that they were seeing a message saying their accounts were under review. Meta said in a statement that the issue was caused by a technical problem and that efforts were underway to fix it.

According to the company, work is in progress to restore access to the affected accounts. Several users on social media platforms said that they had suddenly become unable to use their WhatsApp accounts.

They said that whenever they tried to access their accounts, WhatsApp displayed a message stating that their account and device information was being reviewed to ensure that they were complying with the company’s terms of service and that they would be informed within 24 hours.

It is worth noting that WhatsApp has more than 3 billion users worldwide so even if the issue is not widespread, thousands of people could still be affected. Meta acknowledged the problem but did not clarify which regions were affected or what the underlying cause of the issue was.

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