X – aka Twitter – goes down for thousands of users across the UK
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, suffered a widespread outage this afternoon, with users in the UK and US unable to load posts.
Reports of an outage started at 2.30pm BST, mainly affecting the browser version rather than the app according to reports on Down Detector, with the ‘For You’ feed appearing to be causing most issues.
Somewhat ironically, many users took to the platform to ask others if X was down as the issue spread.
One user, who goes by Pizza Dad, asked: ‘Is it just me or are tweets not showing? Is twitter acting weird for anyone else?’
As is often the case with any social media outage, some users worried they’d been banned.
User @itsmejacktv wrote: ‘Twitter feed down for anyone else? first I thought I was banned but no just the for you page ****ing up I guess.’
However, the outage was sharp but short, with the number of reports on Down Detector swiftly falling within the hour.
It is far from the first outage for X, with the platform appearing increasingly unstable since it was bought for $44 billion by Elon Musk in October 2022. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO slashed the number of staff from around 8,000 to 1,500.
As a result, users are frequently reporting issues with the platform’s stability and functionality.