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- WhatsApp faced unexpected technical issues from around 8 pm on Monday, causing some user accounts to be temporarily suspended pending verification.
- Affected users saw a message saying their account was under review and would be notified within 24 hours.
- The company said accounts are usually reviewed to prevent misuse, but technical glitches can occasionally suspend accounts wrongly, and fixing such cases quickly is its priority.
- Users have already filed appeals, and WhatsApp will review them internally and respond within 24 hours.
What to watch next
- Whether WhatsApp resolves the glitch and restores wrongly suspended accounts within the promised 24 hours
- How it responds to user appeals submitted during the outage
- Whether similar technical disruptions recur
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