Twitter down updates: Users battle to load X as tens of thousands report outage on Elon Musk's platform
Chaos as tweets vanish, feeds freeze, and users demand answers from X
MUSK BE KIDDING Twitter down updates: Users battle to load X as tens of thousands report outage on Elon Musk's platform
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FRUSTRATED users are struggling to load X as a major outage hits Elon Musk's social media platform, leaving tens of thousands unable to access their feeds.
The issue appears to be widespread, with users across the US and beyond reporting problems with the app and website.
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The cause of the outage is not yet known, and X has not yet issued a statement
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Problems were reported across different devices, including iPhones, Android phones, and desktop browsers
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X, formerly known as Twitter, began experiencing issues around 9:20pm according to outage-tracking site DownDetector.
The platform, which allows users to share short-form messages known as tweets, has been hit by more than 35,000 outage reports in the last 24 hours.
One frustrated user wrote: 'Here we go again.'
Another said: 'Having issues on PC.'
A third added: 'Posts keep disappearing for no good reason now!'
Problems were reported across different devices, including iPhones, Android phones, and desktop browsers, with users experiencing disappearing posts and connection errors.
The cause of the outage is not yet known, and X has not yet issued a statement.
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