Service was restored on Monday afternoon to the Elon Musk owned social network X after users across multiple countries reported being unable to view posts or access core features of the platform. The disruption, which lasted for several hours, prevented users from seeing timelines and interacting with content before normal functionality resumed around 1530 GMT. Monitoring website Downdetector had recorded a sharp spike in outage reports roughly two hours earlier, indicating widespread service instability before reports began to decline.
In Pakistan, Downdetector data showed that user complaints peaked at 6:54pm, with 275 reports submitted, before gradually falling to just eight by 7:54pm as connectivity improved. Internet monitoring group Netblocks stated during the disruption that X appeared to be experiencing international outages. Posting on the open source social network Mastodon, Netblocks clarified that the issue was not linked to country level internet filtering or broader connectivity disruptions, suggesting the fault lay within the platform’s own infrastructure. AFP journalists in countries including France and Thailand also reported being unable to access X during the outage window.
Spokespeople for X did not respond to requests for comment before services were fully restored. The platform, owned by Elon Musk, has experienced several service interruptions in recent months. Netblocks noted that its most recent posts about similar disruptions occurred on February 9, a day after the Super Bowl in the United States, and earlier on February 1. Additionally, the platform faced technical issues on January 13 and January 16, with thousands of users globally reporting difficulties during those incidents.
Musk acquired the company formerly known as Twitter in 2022, subsequently rebranding it as X and implementing extensive organizational changes, including significant workforce reductions. Since then, he has integrated the platform with his artificial intelligence venture xAI, which develops the Grok chatbot. xAI is expected to be absorbed into Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX, with the merged entity reportedly planning a public listing as early as this summer. The latest outage adds to a series of technical disruptions that have affected the platform amid its ongoing structural and strategic transition.
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