X, formerly Twitter, down for users globally

Elon Musk-owned microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, hit a technical snag on Thursday as users experienced difficulties accessing the site.

According to Downdetector, there are close to 70,000 reports of users not being able to access the platform.

Notably, X has suffered multiple major outages in recent months, post Musk's takeover.


As users tried to access their feeds, X displayed a message, "Welcome to X!"

"This is the best place to see what’s happening in your world. Find some people and topics to follow now," it showed.

Users also encountered loading issues on X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, with a message that said "Waiting for posts."

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including users.