Elon Musk’s X Faces Global Outage, Services Restored Soon After

Global: Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) suffered a global outage, leaving thousands of users unable to load pages or refresh their timelines. According to Downdetector, over 40,000 outage reports were recorded worldwide, with more than 21,000 incidents in the U.S. and 10,800 in the UK.

Users took to social media to express their frustration, with one stating, “Twitter went down for an hour but seems to be okay now.” Reports indicated that 56% of issues were related to the X app, while 33% were with the website. However, services were restored shortly after.

Since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in 2022 and rebranded it as X, the platform has undergone major changes, including replacing the blue bird logo with a white ‘X’ and renaming tweets to "posts." Meanwhile, reports suggest X is in talks with investors to raise funds, valuing the company at $44 billion—the same price Musk originally paid.