Thousands of WhatsApp users globally reported difficulties sharing photos, videos, and stickers, while text messaging functionality remained unaffected for many.

Outage-tracking website DownDetector recorded a surge in reports on Monday evening, with complaints peaking at around 6:45 p.m. EDT.

Thousands of WhatsApp users across several countries have reported problems with the messaging platform, with the outage affecting photos, videos, stickers and other media files.…