HIGHLIGHTS

The social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, is currently experiencing significant global outages, impacting users worldwide, including in India.

Downdetector, a renowned online service outage monitoring platform, indicates that thousands of users have reported problems accessing the service.

As of now, X has not publicly acknowledged the issue, leaving users in the dark.

The social media platform X, which was previously known as Twitter and is owned by Elon Musk, is currently undergoing a significant disruption that is being felt across the globe, including in India. Reports from Downdetector, a service that tracks online outages, show that numerous users are experiencing difficulties, with over 350 complaints registered in India and upwards of 7,300 in the United States.

In usual circumstances when online platforms encounter issues, users turn to X to voice their concerns, share their experiences, and look for updates regarding the situation. However, with X itself facing a major service interruption, many users find themselves without their usual channel for real-time communication and engagement. Interestingly, reports indicate that some users still managed to post about the ongoing outage, showcasing the resilience and adaptability of the X user community.

Despite the significant number of disruptions being reported, X has yet to formally recognize the issue or provide users with any timeline for when the services might be restored. For now, users are left with little choice but to wait patiently for the technical team at X to resolve the ongoing situation.

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Reactions from users regarding the outage

• Many users are frantically searching for updates, asking “is X down?”
• It seems that X is facing another round of issues and is currently inaccessible for many.
• Users are flocking to search if Twitter/X is down for them too.
• Some are posting queries like, “Is X down? I can only see older posts and a message stating that posts aren’t loading. Is anyone else facing this?”
• Several users are echoing the sentiment, “Is X down again?”
• “Tweets aren’t refreshing. Is X down?” is a common refrain.
• “Can anyone confirm if this thing is still functioning?” asks one user.
• “Is X down right now, or is my feed simply unresponsive?” is another user’s take on the situation.
• With frustrations mounting, another user stated, “Is X app down again? My feed is not working properly.”
• “This app seems to be down every other day, which is extremely annoying,” bemoaned one long-time user.

For additional insights, explore: Claims of a cyberattack on X: Hacker group asserts involvement, while Musk suggests it may be a coordinated attack at a national level

This isn’t the first instance of service disruptions for X this month. Earlier incidents saw the platform grapple with two notable outages. Elon Musk subsequently stated that X was targeted by what he termed a ‘massive cyberattack.’ He suggested that this attack seemed to have been meticulously organized, potentially hinting at involvement from a significant, organized group or even state actors.