Many of the world’s biggest apps and websites have suddenly stopped working properly.
Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo and Canva were all suffering problems, according to tracking website Down Detector.
The problems appear to be related to an issue at Amazon Web Services, which offers infrastructure that underpins much of the modern internet.
The company was seeing “increased error rates” and delays with “multiple AWS services”, it said on its service status page.
The issues began around 8am in the UK, or midnight pacific time.
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Andrew Griffin20 October 2025 08:34
