Thanks to all of the carriers who flipped the right switches so that people can keep switching,' it further said. 'Everyone should be able to register without delay again. We are working with carriers to resolve this as quickly as possible. 'Verification codes are currently delayed across several providers because so many new people are trying to join Signal right now (we can barely register our excitement). Signal then saw a flood of new users attempting to sign in. 'This is called the domino effect,' Musk said in a tweet.Ī vocal critic of Facebook-owned WhatsApp, he added: 'Use Signal'.

The tweet posted an image of a series of ever-larger dominos, juxtaposed the start of Facebook on the Harvard University campus, all the way into becoming a platform that helped facilitate the attack on Capitol Hill. Musk tweeted a meme late on Thursday, criticising Facebook for its inability to stop Capitol chaos going viral. Encrypted messaging app Signal saw a significant surge in new users signing up for its platform after the worlds richest person on planet, Elon Musk, tweeted to his 41.5 million followers to use Signal and apparently shun WhatsApp.

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