By Ryan Fahey WhatsApp and Instagram are both down as thousands report issues. Instagram outages skyrocketed to more than 2,500 as of 7pm this evening. Data for WhatsApp showed as many as 60,000 users affected at around the same time. The outage is not only in the UK, with users worldwide apparently experiencing issues. According to reports, the application is not allowing users to send or receive messages. WhatsApp or its parent company Meta are yet to comment on the malfunction. Instagram, which is owned by the same company, has not shared any further updates. It comes just weeks after four …