Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing technical difficulties, which is affecting the functionality of numerous major apps and websites worldwide.

According to reports on Down Detector, users are encountering access issues with several well-known platforms, including Snapchat, Roblox, Fortnite, Canva, and Duolingo.

The source of these disruptions seems to be AWS, a critical infrastructure provider for many leading digital services and applications.

Amazon has acknowledged the issue and assured that its engineering teams are actively working to resolve the situation.

Down Detector has recorded a significant number of error reports from users across various sites and apps.

While some services have officially linked their outages to AWS problems, Down Detector suggests that many others are likely affected by this widespread issue.

Websites experiencing difficulties include:

Amazon Web Services provides cloud computing.

AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon, the mega company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest people.

“Instead of buying, owning, and maintaining physical data centres and servers, you can access technology services, such as computing power, storage, and databases, on an as-needed basis,” AWS says.

It says its customers are companies “of every type, size and industry”.

It provides infrastructure that is used for data backup, disaster recovery, email, virtual desktops, software development and testing, big data analytics, and customer-facing web applications.