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Messaging platform Signal faces outage

• ByAyushi Ray     |    September 27, 2021

Messaging platform Signal faces outage. Encrypted instant messaging platform Signal said early Monday it was down for some users due to a hosting outage that was affecting parts of its services.

Reports by affected users peaked at 1,308 late Sunday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Downdetector said most reported problems experienced by users were with sending messages, server connection and with the app itself in the United States.

Currently, the number of user reports stand at 337, according to the outage tracking website. First launched in 2014, Signal saw a surge in downloads earlier this year after Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp tweaked its terms of service and sparked privacy concerns.

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