X-breaking: Elon Musk possession platform sees long global disruption, messaging features Hit | Mint

Social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, experienced a widespread interruption in the early hours of Friday, May 23, affecting users in different countries. The disruption, which started around 1am, has not enabled many users to access the app or navigate the website. Reports of issues rose on DownDetector, with complaints that continue until Friday afternoon. Although services have largely stabilized in India, users in countries such as the United States, Canada, France, UK, Peru, Malaysia and Germany are still using problems. Downdetector data suggests that a renewed increase in interruption reports starts around 12 o’clock. According to a report from the Indian Express, you may have been interested, a statement on X’s developer platform has acknowledged ongoing issues, describing it as “broken-down performance” and confirming a “sites” that is still being investigated. “X is aware that some of our users are experiencing performance problems on the platform today. We are experiencing a data center and the team is actively working to correct the problem,” the company’s engineering team posted. Downdetector data suggests that a renewed increase in interruption reports starts around 12 o’clock. For many users, the disruption has affected direct messages functions. Some people can still see their in -in -laws but others see empty screens or error messages like “can’t retrieve messages. Please try again later.” A number of users in India reported that they were unable to report at all, but rather encountered the question: ‘Something is not right. Please try again later. ‘The interruption, which is now in the twelfth hour, has caused frustration among X users. While some expressed concern about the lack of timely customer service of the business, others went to the platform, if they could access it to share memes and humor in an attempt to ease the mood, which is the second major break for the platform in 2025. In March, X went offline about 30 minutes and closed thousands of users. A longer global interruption was recorded in September 2024, when the platform was inaccessible for more than an hour.