Global Outage Hits Social Media Giant X, Prompting Temporary Access Issues

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced widespread global outages lasting just over an hour on Thursday, disrupting the access of thousands of users. Downdetector.com, a service tracking online service outages, reported that more than 47,000 users in the US encountered difficulties accessing both X and X Pro.

The outage affected users not only in the United States but also in the UK and Asia, where individuals reported being unable to view posts on the site. A message displayed on the platform welcomed users to “X!”