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Snapchat down: App not working as users unable to send snaps and load messages

Snapchat has stopped working, with users unable to send snaps, according to a huge number of reports.

Thousands of people reported issues with the app, according to tracking website Downdetector.

It led to a flurry of people rushing to Twitter to check that it was down for everyone and not just them – and the outage does appear to be affecting users en masse.

Issues were particularly focused in western Europe and the east coast of the US, according to Downdetector. That may simply be a consequence of the fact that time zones mean people in those regions are most likely to be sending messages at this time.

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