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        "id": 1750774,
        "msgid": "whatsapp-web-outage-leaves-users-unable-to-log-in-1779545933",
        "date": "2026-05-20 08:30:00",
        "title": "WhatsApp Web Outage Leaves Users Unable to Log In",
        "author": "Indriyani Astuti",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "WhatsApp Web experienced an outage on Wednesday morning, with some users being redirected to Facebook and others facing login failures. Reports on Downdetector rose across several hours, though the disruption did not affect everyone, prompting widespread discussion online. Meta had yet to issue an official statement about the issue at the time.",
        "content": "<p>On Wednesday morning, 20 May 2026, users of WhatsApp Web reported an\noutage after attempting to log in. Some were unexpectedly redirected to\nthe Facebook interface. The disruption circulated on social media and\nraised questions about whether Meta was blocking access to WhatsApp via\nlaptops in favour of Facebook, though such speculation remained\nunconfirmed. Reports from Downdetector indicated an uptick in incidents\nin a matter of hours. The outage did not appear to affect all users but\nwas sufficiently widespread to generate global discussion. Problems\nreported included pages not loading properly, redirects to Meta services\nsuch as Facebook, QR codes failing to scan during login, or login\nfailing after device linking. Meta has not issued an official\nexplanation for the outage as of press time.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/whatsapp-web-outage-leaves-users-unable-to-log-in-1779545933",
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