Users of X report a worldwide outage

Globally users of X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, reported problems while using the media on Thursday.

Just before 0600 GMT, reports of issues with the platform started to accumulate on the monitoring website Downdetector.

The website stated, "User reports indicate problems at X (Twitter)".

Although the twitter.com website was still accessible, the platform‍‍`s timelines had been cleared and there were no new posts to be seen.

Social media users who were unable to post on X shared updates about the outage on rival platforms like Facebook, Threads, and Reddit.

Soon after 06:40 GMT, the platform started serving users in a number of countries again.

At the outage‍‍`s peak, Downdetector indicated that about 67,000 US users reported problems.

The outage also affected X Pro, formerly known as TweetDeck.
There has been no immediate comment from X, nor any indication of what caused the outage.

X is currently facing multiple headwinds, including an EU probe under a law designed to combat disinformation and hate, criticism of the platform‍‍`s response to recent rioting in Dublin, and an exodus of big-name advertisers.

Musk‍‍`s company is now worth less than half of the $44 billion he paid for it in October 2022, according to internal documents sent to staff and reported by tech publication The Verge.

Downdetector also revealed a significant X outage that affected thousands of users in February.

Online users complained about being unable to send direct messages, being informed they had reached their daily posting limit, and not being able to post messages.