X down: Social media platform experiences widespread outage affecting thousands globally

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter and currently owned by billionaire Elon Musk, experienced a widespread outage on Saturday, leaving thousands of users across the globe unable to access key features.

According to Downdetector, a website that monitors online service disruptions, more than 25,000 users in the United States reported issues with the platform as of 8:39 a.m. EDT (6:09 p.m. IST). In India, users also took to other platforms to complain about the malfunction, citing failures in loading feeds and accessing essential tabs like ‘For You’, ‘Following’, and ‘Notifications’.