Social media platform X suffers global outages

Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, experienced global outages that lasted slightly over an hour on Thursday. Downdetector. com, a site that monitors website outages by gathering status reports, indicated that over 47,000 US users encountered access issues with X and X Pro. Users in the UK and Asia also reported difficulties in viewing posts on the site, with a message that read 'Welcome to X! ' appearing instead.

Elon Musk, the owner of X, has been requested to comment on the situation. Musk purchased Twitter for a staggering $44bn (£35bn) last year. The hashtag #TwitterDown began trending within minutes of the outage reports surfacing. However, the outage was brief, with users regaining access to the platform after just over an hour.

Since Musk's acquisition of the platform, it has been grappling with a decline in advertising revenue. He has been accused of permitting antisemitic posts alongside advertisements. In response, the company has filed a lawsuit against a left-leaning advocacy group, Media Matters for America, which made the accusation. Last month, Musk lambasted advertisers that abandoned X, stating that their departure would lead to the demise of the social media platform. The company has also been implicated in the dissemination of disinformation, with the European Union formally declaring its suspicion that X has violated its regulations concerning the countering of illegal content and disinformation.