Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (earlier Twitter) is down for thousands of users around the world. According to the outage tracking website, Downdetector, showed more than 7,743 reports of outages in the US as of 10:28 a.m. ET. This website that tracks service disruptions collates status reports from several sources including users. However, the outage doesn’t seem to have affected many users in India. The Indian version of Downdetector showed only 260 complaints while writing.
We at TOI-Gadgets Now also tried accessing X’s website and app. However, we didn’t face any such issues or noticed any signs of an outage.
How the outage is affecting users
Several users from around the country and the world have complained about the disruptions they are facing with the micro-blogging site. 80% of users in India reported an issue with the website while 11% of users complained about facing issues with login into their X accounts. Meanwhile, another 9% of users claimed that they are facing while using the X app.
On the other hand, 48% of X users in the US complained that they are facing trouble while visiting the platform’s website while 52% reported being unable to access the app. Only 2% of X users in the US face problems logging into their accounts.
Apart from India and the US, X is causing troubles for users in other countries as well. In Australia, over 300 users have reported facing an issue with the platform while more than 600 Canadian users complained about the outage.
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