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X Is Back Online After Experiencing a Global Outage That Impacted Thousands of Users

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X Is Back Online After Experiencing a Global Outage That Impacted Thousands of Users

X Is Back Online After Experiencing a Global Outage That Impacted Thousands of Users

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.

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Other countries that experienced outages of both X and X Pro, formerly known as TweetDeck, included Canada, Britain and France.

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According to Downdetector data, over 7,000 users in Canada and Britain were experiencing issues with the platform.

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The cause of the widespread outage remains unknown.

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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.

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Users reportedly took to X rival Threads to discuss the outage.

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Reports from X users on Meta's app included difficulties viewing posts, replies and profiles


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