Twitter down updates: Users battle to load X as thousands report outage on Elon Musk's platform
MUSK BE JOKING Twitter down updates: Users battle to load X as thousands report outage on Elon Musk's platform
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THOUSANDS of users have reported experiencing issues with accessing Twitter website.
Reports started coming in that users were experiencing issues from around 13.15pm UK time, according to Downdetector.
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Over 11,000 people are currently affected by the outage with majority unable to open the app.
Twitter users have experienced a similar problem yesterday which sparked fury and demands for Elon Musk to step down.
One person said: "Another day another X debacle ..Musk must go."
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