Global Outage: X Social Media Platform Restored, Users Relieved
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a global outage, affecting over 77,000 U.S. users and users in Canada, Britain, France, and other countries. The cause of the outage is unknown, and emails to X's communications and support teams bounced back. Users faced issues accessing posts and profiles, with X Pro users receiving a "Waiting for posts" message. The outage comes after billionaire Elon Musk's acquisition of X, which led to layoffs, including engineers responsible for preventing service outages. Users turned to rival Meta's app, Threads, to discuss the outage.