The Digest:
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced a global outage on Monday, with thousands of users reporting inability to access the service. According to Downdetector, over 10,000 people reported issues, with more than half citing problems with the app, while 20 percent experienced difficulties accessing the main feed and 16 percent reported website issues. Users worldwide in the UK, Canada, Australia, France, and Germany were affected. The issues began around 1:05 p.m. GMT. X, owned by Elon Musk, lacks a health status page, making the cause difficult to determine. The platform's developer platform states "all systems are operational" despite user reports. X and Musk have not commented on the outage, which follows similar incidents in recent months.
Key Points:
- The outage disrupts communication for millions of users globally who rely on X for news and interaction.
- It highlights the platform's technical vulnerabilities and lack of transparent status updates.
- Users face frustration and lost connectivity, while X's reputation for reliability suffers.
- This signals the risks of over-reliance on a single platform for real-time information.
- The timing, with no official explanation, leaves users guessing about the cause.
X remains silent on the outage, with users frustrated by lack of communication as the platform experiences another significant disruption.
Sources: UNILAD, Social Media
