Twitter, now known as X following a change in ownership by Elon Musk, faced a service disruption this afternoon, leading to users encountering error messages when attempting to access the platform.
Reports from various websites monitoring service issues indicate that individuals worldwide, including users in the UK, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Turkey, United States, and Indonesia, are encountering problems with X. Some users managed brief logins only to face unavailability shortly after, while others noted slow service despite accessing the platform.
Recent updates suggest that users are now able to log back into the X social media platform. This incident marks the second significant technical glitch for Twitter this week, following an outage on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, X users in the UK and US reported a downtime, with Downdetector receiving over 7,500 reports from the UK and more than 25,000 reports from the US, particularly spiking around 2 pm.
Cloudflare, a San Francisco-based American internet security company offering cybersecurity and DDoS protection services, plays a crucial role during such disruptions. The 522 error, indicating a breakdown in communication between the host website and Cloudflare’s systems, is a common occurrence during such incidents.
The ongoing issue seems to have a global reach, as reports from countries like India, South Africa, Spain, Belgium, and Singapore have surfaced on downforeveryoneorjustme.com. Similarly, downdetector.co.uk highlights a surge in reports around 3 pm today, with numerous users in the UK and globally experiencing difficulties accessing X.
