British News Agency

Many of the world’s largest apps and websites suddenly stopped functioning properly.

According to monitoring site Down Detector, issues are affecting Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Duolingo, and Canva.

The problems appear to be linked to an issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the infrastructure that underpins much of the modern internet.

The company reported on its service status page that it was experiencing “increased error rates” and delays “across multiple AWS services.”

Amazon Web Services provides a range of internet infrastructure services that allow companies to rent computing power and servers to run their applications and websites. Therefore, any issue with AWS can quickly impact the rest of the internet, taking down websites that appear to have no direct connection to Amazon.

AWS is now the world’s most popular cloud service provider. Last year, it earned $108 billion and currently accounts for the majority of Amazon’s profits.