Amazon outage causes several large online platforms to go dark

Several popular websites around the world have been affected by an outage at Amazon.

The company says its computer services unit has been hit by the outage, disrupting popular websites and apps globally including Snapchat, Facebook and Fortnite.

Amazon.com, Prime Video and Alexa are also experiencing issues.

It’s not clear what has caused the outage but Amazon says engineers are actively working to mitigate the problem.

READ MORE: Health Canada recalls tankless hot water heater due to carbon monoxide poisoning hazard