It’s the go-to social media app for users around the world, but it appears that (X) Twitter has crashed this morning.
Users have been left unable to log in to their accounts, meaning they also can’t post or view tweets on the platform, owed by Elon Musk since 2022.
Those already logged in on the app and website have been presented the message: ‘Something went wrong, try reloading.’
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, shows more than 9,000 reports from affected users shortly before 10am GMT on Monday.
According to the site, 60 per cent logged issues with the app, 35 per cent with the website and the remaining 5 per cent with the server connection.
It’s the go-to social media app for users around the world, but it appears that (X) Twitter has crashed this morning
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages , shows more than 9,000 reports from affected users shortly before 10am GMT on Monday
Many people have been forced onto Threads, the rival platform owned by Meta, to complain about the issues at X.
One person said: ‘X (Twitter) is down. Congratulations to Threads on millions of new users today.’
Another posted to Threads: ‘Is X/Twitter down for y’all? I hate being here’ with crying face emojis.
Someone else simply said: ‘here because twitter is down?’
People took to alternative social media site Threads to see if others had been similarly affected on Monday morning
As yet, it’s unclear if Threads has seen a spike in users due to the problems at X (formerly known as Twitter)
‘I hate being here’: Some users were unenthused about being forced onto Threads, the rival platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta
Unfortunately, most of X’s public communications take place on the platform itself, making it harder for the firm to address the issue.
MailOnline has contacted X’s press office email address ([email protected]) for comment, although it’s been effectively defunct since Elon Musk took over in October 2022.
Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion before renaming it to X and forming his own company – X Corp – to run it, replacing Twitter Inc.
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