Social media platform X outage appears to ease, Downdetector shows

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This photo illustration shows the social media platform X (former Twitter) app on a smartphone in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 18, 2024. (AFP)
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  • Social media platform X was down for thousands of users in the US and the UK
  • There were over 16,000 incidents of people reporting issues with X as of 6:02am ET

Social media platform X is down for thousands of users in the US and the UK, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
There were more than 16,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the platform as of 6:02 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Downdetector's numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary.

Topics: X Twitter social media