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X Platform Down: Global Outage Hits Elon Musk's Social Media Network

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, experienced a significant global outage on Friday, with thousands of users reporting access problems. Downdetector recorded over 200,000 incident reports, with a majority related to the app. The issues began in the morning, briefly resolved, and then resumed, mirroring a similar widespread outage from November. Netizens took to the platform to comment on the disruption, with some humorously noting their dependence on the service.

Key Points: X (Twitter) Down: Global Outage Reported by Thousands

  • 200,000+ outage reports on Downdetector
  • 56% of issues related to the X app
  • Outage began around 10:10 a.m. ET
  • Similar widespread outage occurred in November
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Is X down? Netizens report issues accessing Elon Musk's micro-blogging platform

X, formerly Twitter, faces a major global outage with 200k+ reports. Users encounter app and website issues. Details on the downtime here.

"Twitter/X is currently down worldwide, - a user on X"

New Delhi, January 16

X, formerly known as Twitter, reportedly experienced a major global outage on Friday.

Thousands of users reported issues with the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.

"Twitter/X is currently down worldwide," a user wrote on X.

"Woah. I just realized how addicted I am to Twitter/X. The app was down and I still turned airplane mode on and off like 30 times trying to check it," another netizen posted on X.

As of 10:52 a.m. ET, 200,000 people reported issues with X, according to Downdetector, a downtime-monitoring service that tracks outages by collecting reports from multiple sources. Most problems reported on Downdetector (56 per cent) were related to the X app, while 33 per cent were related to the website and 10 per cent cited a server connection, Variety reported.

The issues with X began around 10:10 a.m. ET and seemed to briefly resolve around 10:35 a.m. At 10:41 a.m., the error messages resumed.

This is not the first time X has faced connectivity problems. The platform experienced a similar widespread outage in November, when tens of thousands of users encountered error messages such as "Internal server error/Error code 500" and "Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed."

- ANI

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Priya S
Honestly, it was a nice forced break. I realized I was just mindlessly scrolling. Maybe we should have a "National No Social Media Hour" once a week! 😅 But seriously, for businesses and creators who depend on it, these outages are a real problem.
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Aman W
This is becoming too frequent. Since the takeover, the platform feels less stable. As an Indian user, I worry about reliability during important events like elections or festivals when information flow is critical. Musk needs to invest more in infrastructure.
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Sarah B
The timing was awful for global coordination. My team in Bengaluru and our partners in the US were completely out of sync for a bit. It's more than an app; it's a professional tool for many. Hope they find a permanent solution.
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Vikram M
All my friends immediately switched to WhatsApp groups and started sharing memes about X being down. The Indian internet ecosystem adapts very quickly! But it does highlight a monopoly problem. We need good Indian alternatives that can scale globally.
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Karthik V
With respect to the engineers working there, this is disappointing for a platform of this scale. In India, our digital public infrastructure (like UPI) handles massive traffic with far fewer hiccups. Perhaps X's team could learn a thing or two about robust system design from here.

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