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X recovers after outage hits thousands globally

By Reuters
January 14, 2026
A woman holds a smartphone displaying the logo of social network X (formerly Twitter). — AFP/File
A woman holds a smartphone displaying the logo of social network X (formerly Twitter). — AFP/File

LONDON: An X outage eased on Tuesday after thousands of users worldwide reported issues with accessing the social media platform, according to Downdetector.

The outage began around 9 am ET, peaking at more than 28,300 logged issues with Elon Musk’s platform in the US before cooling to about 700 reports, according to Downdetector.

In the UK, reports fell to roughly 130 from a high of more than 8,000, while Canada saw issues decline after topping 3,200 earlier in the day, according to the website that tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. In Pakistan, complaints peaked at 93 at 7:38pm, falling to four by 8:23pm.

The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on what caused the outage.