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X Platform Suffers Major Global Outage
16 Feb
Summary
- The X platform experienced a widespread outage on Monday.
- Thousands of users reported issues accessing the site and app.
- The platform was inaccessible for approximately two hours.
The social media platform X, previously named Twitter, experienced a widespread outage on Monday. This disruption prevented users globally from accessing the service via web browsers and the mobile application. Issues included an inability to load the homepage, with users encountering messages stating "Something went wrong. Try reloading."
Monitoring website DownDetector registered more than 11,000 outage reports from users shortly after 1 PM. The outage lasted for approximately two hours before service was restored. Reports from the UK indicated that many users saw a black screen with the X logo instead of their usual home feed when attempting to use the app.
This incident follows a similar, widespread outage that affected tens of thousands of users last month. The specific cause of Monday's disruption remains unclear at this time. The platform is owned by billionaire Elon Musk.
