X suffers a fall in the United States and various parts of the world; what happens to Elon Musk's social network?

The social network of the businessman Elon Musk, X, suffered a widespread outage in the United States and various parts of the world during the early hours of March 10 in various parts of the world.

According to data revealed by Downdetector, a site specialized in failures of other digital platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, began to present problems in various countries in the American continent such as United States, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, among others, and then spread to Europe and Asia. 

During this period, around 21 thousand incidents were recorded by users. The series of failures has caused confusion and frustration among platform users who depend on it to obtain information or perform other related functions. 

What problems has X presented? 

After the outage of X, millions of users reported a series of issues such as: 

• Difficulties in accessing their profiles.

• Viewing posts or publications. 

• Accessing their direct messages.

• Viewing multimedia content. 

• Interacting with tweets. 

The reported technical issues have affected users of various operating systems such as iOS and Android, in addition to occurring on all kinds of devices such as smartphones, tablets, as well as laptops and desktops. According to Downdetector, failures were also experienced when accessing through various browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. 

So far, Musk's company has not issued a response regarding the social network outage or the reasons for this series of failures. However, and according to recent data obtained from Downdetector, the social network has begun to resume its functions regularly and gradually in various countries and regions such as the United States and the United Kingdom. 

Despite this, thousands of users continue reporting failures through other social platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. 

What to do if X is not working? 

First and foremost, it is important to access the Downdetector platform to know the real-time status of the platform in the region where you are trying to access. Similarly, you can check on other platforms the status of the social network to stay updated on the latest news. 

In addition to all of the above, you can also turn to other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, or Threads to obtain information from reliable sources. In some cases, users report that by restarting their smartphones, there is also a possibility that the platform may work correctly. 

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence