Massive Outages Affect Thousands of Users on Social Media Platform X
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, has experienced significant outages affecting thousands of users worldwide. Reports of intermittent outages have surged, with users in the US, UK, and India among those reporting issues accessing the site. This marks the third major outage of the day, with many users turning to alternative platforms like Threads and Bluesky as they encounter difficulties. Service interruptions have been noted for approximately 45 minutes during these outages. Although some users have reported that the platform is back online after the outages, concerns about system reliability continue to mount as issues persist across the globe.
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