- X was down for users worldwide who report glitchy functions on the platform
- Issues appeared around 9am ET and was hitting the app and website
Elon Musk‘s X was down for users worldwide, sparking fury among members who could access the app or website.
Problems began around 9am ET, hitting the US and other nations worldwide, but the platform appeared optimal over one hour later.
Users reported seeing post headers without content, blank feeds and are unable to leave comments.
What caused the glitch and how many have been impacted are not yet known.
Problems began around 9am ET, hitting the US and other nations worldwide. Users report seeing post headers without content, blank feeds and are unable to leave comments
DailyMail.com has contacted X and Elon Musk for more information.
DownDetector, a site that monitors online outages, showed issue reports came flooding in Thursday morning, with many users claiming their posts are not loading on the platform.
Approximately 49 percent of people reported problems with the app, 44 percent the website and a small seven percent stated the server connection.
Most users are were attempting to access X from New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Houston and Atlanta.
However, people in the UK, China, Brazil and other countries also reported problems.
Social media platforms will be required to prevent and rapidly remove illegal content – such as terrorism and revenge pornography – and stop children from seeing harmful material, such as bullying or self-harm, by enforcing age limits and using age-checking measures
Some X users noted that the outage appeared just minutes after the Online Safety Act was signed in the UK.
This legislation will require social media companies to keep children safe online.
Social media platforms will be required to prevent and rapidly remove illegal content – such as terrorism and revenge pornography – and stop children from seeing harmful material, such as bullying or self-harm, by enforcing age limits and using age-checking measures.
The rules also require sites to give adults more control over what they see online, offer clear and accessible ways for users to report problems and be transparent about the dangers posed to children on their sites by publishing risk assessments.
Those who fail to comply will face fines of up to $18 million or 10 percent of annual global revenue, potentially billions of pounds for the most prominent firms.
In the most extreme cases, tech bosses could even face prison.
