Twitter down LIVE: Thousands of users unable to access X

Thousands of users reported that X, formerly known as Twitter, was down. The website Downdectector, which allows users to report issues on other sites, saw thousands of users report issues with X starting at about 3.45pm. Users reported issues in the US, Europe, the UK and elsewhere sparking fears of a global outage.

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