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Summary

Users of the social media platform X reported a widespread global outage that prevented loading posts and accessing the service, with tens of thousands of complaints from the United States, the United Kingdom, India and other regions recorded on outage‑tracking sites. The disruption began in the early afternoon and peaked at over 25,000 reports, mirroring a similar incident the platform experienced previously and coinciding with simultaneous service interruptions reported for Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Monday.com. The platform did not provide an immediate explanation for the outage.

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Description

On Monday, users worldwide began reporting a widespread outage affecting the social media platform X, with disruptions noted in the United States, the United Kingdom, India and other countries. The outage tracking service Downdetector recorded a sharp increase in reports starting around 13:00 GMT, and the number of complaints rose to more than 25,000 at its peak. Users indicated they were unable to load posts or access the platform during the incident. The article notes that the outage occurred on a Monday and was described as global in scale.

The impact of the outage prevented users from viewing content and interacting with the service, leading to tens of thousands of individual reports across multiple regions. No official explanation for the disruption was provided at the time, and X did not respond to a request for comment from the press. The incident added to a pattern of recent service interruptions affecting major internet platforms, as noted in the article.

The article references a previous outage experienced by X in March 2025, indicating a recurrence of similar issues. It also mentions that other technology companies, including Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, have faced comparable disruptions in recent months, with a Cloudflare outage in November affecting numerous websites including X, and an AWS outage in October impacting thousands of sites and apps such as Snapchat and Reddit. No further response actions from X are described in the source material.

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