X recovers after brief US outage, Downdetector shows
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X restored after brief U.S. outage affecting thousands, with reports dropping sharply from peak levels; cause unclear and no immediate comment from Elon Musk’s company.
(Reuters) - Social media platform X was back up after a brief outage that impacted thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com.
There were 562 reports of issues with Elon Musk-owned X as of 5:03 p.m. ET, down from a peak of over 21,000 reports.
Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.
The actual number of affected users may differ from what is shown on Downdetector, as the reports are submitted by users.
X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
