Social media platform X back up after outages, Downdetector shows

Reuters

Updated April 29, 2024 at 6:15 AM

'X' logo is seen on the top of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter

(Reuters) -Social media platform X was back up on Monday after suffering outages earlier in the day, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including users, showed 23 reports of outages in the U.S. as of 5:49 am ET (09:49 GMT) from 4,113 reports at its peak about two hours ago.

X did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Akanksha Khushi; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

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