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X gets going after global outage that blanked out user timelines

X gets going after global outage that blanked out user timelines

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Twitter, or X, was facing technical issues in India as the platform stopped refreshing on both web and mobile versions. The social media platform owned by Elon Musk got going after an outage that lasted about an hour.

Users on X, formerly known as Twitter, were unable to view posts on the social media site with a message that said "Welcome to X!"

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

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How big was the X outage?

Over 77,000 US users faced issues at the peak of the outage, according to Downdetector data.

Users in Canada, Britain, France, India and other countries reported issues with accessing both X and X Pro.

The cause of the outage is not yet known.

The social media platform faced upheaval and uncertainty following Musk's $44 billion acquisition over a year ago, leading to layoffs.

Numerousengineers responsible for fixing and preventing service outages were fired.

Users took to rival Meta's app, Threads, to discuss the outage, citing difficulties in accessing posts, replies and profiles on X.

(With inputs from agencies)

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