Elon Musk’s microblogging platform X, formerly Twitter, is facing the aftermath of a major outage that started on Thursday, May 22. The disruption began around 6 pm IST, with many users reporting problems accessing the site.
According to DownDetector, the outage saw over 2,100 issue reports at its peak.
Users faced various problems, including difficulty signing in and not receiving direct messages. The outage caused inconvenience for many people trying to use the platform on both desktop and mobile devices. The company has not yet provided an official statement about the incident.
Several social media users are complaining of having encountered broken links.
Recently, X has announced that it will block over 8,000 accounts in India following the government’s order to do so.
While X agreed to block the accounts, it protested against the order, citing the fundamental right of free speech.
“X has received executive orders from the Indian government requiring X to block over 8,000 accounts in India, subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment of the company’s local employees. The orders include demands to block access in India to accounts belonging to international news organisations and prominent X users,” the social networking website said.
In many instances, the Indian government did not specify which posts from an account allegedly violated local laws. For a large number of accounts, no evidence or justification was provided to support the request for blocking.