Twitter down as thousands of X users unable to send messages or posts

Twitter is down. (Image: Getty)

Twitter is down with thousands of X users unable to send messages. Over 6,000 people reported problems with the website and app on Downdetector as of 9.44am UK time, while more than 17,000 in the US reported issues with the site. At 10.05am, 9,163 reports had been filed in the UK.

Users have taken to rival social media site Threads to talk about the outage. One person wrote: "Twitter (X) is currently down so we chilling out here." Another said: "And on the morning of NFL Free Agency... X is down." A different account wrote: "So X/Twitter is reportedly down for many users (mine included). Either Elon [Musk] is plotting a purge or karma found the backdoor." "X (Twitter is down. Congratulations to Threads on millions of new users today," another person added.

Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 for $44billion (£34billion) (Image: Getty)

At 10.20am, 10,836 reports were recorded by Downdetector.

Posts about the issues on X were were also seen on Bluesky.

Some users posted on X itself about the outage. One account wrote: "X IS DOWN!! Anyone seeing this post?"

A different person said: "X is down. Posting this on X so people know about X being down."

Another said: "X just went down for about 20 minutes or so for many users. It seems that the problem may have been resolved."

Tech billionaire and the head of Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, bought Twitter in 2022 for $44billion (£34billion).

He renamed the site X.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a US financial regulator, sued Mr Musk for allegedly failing to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock, and later acquiring shares in the company at “artificially low prices”, in January.

In February, a group led by Elon Musk made a $97.4billion (£78.7billion) bid to buy OpenAI.

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