Social media platform X outage appears to ease, Downdetector shows

Item 1 of 2 ‘X’ logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

[1/2]‘X’ logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

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March 10 (Reuters) – An outage on Elon Musk’s social media platform X appeared to ease after thousands of users in the U.S. and the UK reported glitches on Monday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com.

The number of reports in the U.S. dropped to 403 as of 6:24 a.m. ET from more than 21,000 incidents earlier, user-submitted data on Downdetector showed.

Reports in the UK dropped to around 200 from 10,800, the website reported.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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Reporting by Rishi Kant in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel

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