X Is Back Online After , Experiencing a Global Outage , That Impacted Thousands of Users.
Reuters reports that social media platform X
has been restored after a global outage impacted
over 77,000 users in the United States alone. .
Other countries that experienced outages
of both X and X Pro, formerly known as
TweetDeck, included Canada, Britain and France. .
According to Downdetector data, over
7,000 users in Canada and Britain were
experiencing issues with the platform. .
The cause of the widespread
outage remains unknown. .
Users on X were reportedly unable to
view posts, while X Pro users received
messages that said "waiting for posts.".
When attempting to view posts, X users were
reportedly sent a "Welcome to X!" message.
The platform has run into numerous issues
since Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover.
Reuters reports that those issues have included layoffs
that impacted numerous engineers responsible
for preventing and fixing service outages. .
Users reportedly took to X rival
Threads to discuss the outage. .
Reports from X users on Meta's app
included difficulties viewing
posts, replies and profiles