NAIROBI, Kenya — Service has been restored to X after a widespread outage disrupted access for users across multiple countries on Monday afternoon.
The platform, owned by Elon Musk, resumed normal operations at around 15:30 GMT. Users were once again able to view posts, publish content and interact on the site, following nearly two hours of reported disruption.
According to outage monitoring platform Down Detector, reports of service failures surged shortly after 13:00 GMT, with thousands of users flagging difficulties accessing the platform.
Internet connectivity watchdog NetBlocks said X had appeared to be experiencing “international outages” during the disruption. Posting on Mastodon, the organisation stated the breakdown was “not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” suggesting a technical fault rather than government interference.
Journalists in several countries, including France and Thailand, reported being unable to access the platform during the outage. At the height of the disruption, some users encountered blank feeds, while others received server error messages.
Spokespeople for X did not immediately respond to requests for comment before service was restored, and the company has yet to provide a detailed explanation for the incident.
The outage comes amid continued structural changes at the platform since Musk acquired the company, then known as Twitter, in 2022. Following the takeover, Musk implemented sweeping cost-cutting measures, laying off thousands of employees and rebranding the platform as X.
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In 2023, Musk integrated the platform more closely with his artificial intelligence venture, xAI, which develops the Grok chatbot.
Industry analysts have noted that deeper technical integrations between AI systems and social media infrastructure can introduce operational complexity, particularly during periods of backend upgrades.
Earlier this year, X experienced similar service interruptions, including outages reported around early February, highlighting ongoing stability challenges as the platform evolves under its new corporate structure.
There was no immediate indication that user data had been compromised during Monday’s outage.
