Today, Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, encountered a substantial setback as users experienced difficulties accessing the platform. Reports from Downdetector, a service dedicated to monitoring online outages and problems, revealed a significant portion of users encountering issues with site accessibility.
Downdetector, aggregating status reports from various sources including user feedback, underscored the widespread nature of the problem. Users across the platform reported an inability to access X, raising concerns about the reliability of the newly rebranded social media platform.
This incident follows a series of recent outages experienced by platforms owned by Meta, the parent company of Facebook. Earlier this month, both WhatsApp and Instagram, also under Meta’s ownership, suffered a brief but notable outage lasting approximately an hour. Moreover, in March, a significant outage affected Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads, rendering users unable to access these platforms for nearly two hours.
