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The social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, suffered a significant global outage on Monday, leaving users in numerous countries unable to access their feeds.
According to the connectivity monitor NetBlocks, the disruption was classified as an “international outage” and was not the result of government-level internet filtering or censorship.
This latest breakdown marks the third major technical failure for the platform in February alone, following similar issues on the 1st and during the Super Bowl on the 9th.
Data from the aggregation website Down Detector showed a massive spike in user reports starting around 01:30 GMT.
Journalists from the AFP confirmed that the service was inaccessible in regions as far-ranging as France and Thailand.
Despite the widespread nature of the disruption, spokespeople for X did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the cause of the failure or an estimated time for a full recovery.
The recurring technical instability comes as Musk continues to overhaul the company’s infrastructure and corporate structure.
Since his 2022 acquisition and subsequent mass layoffs, Musk has rebranded the service and merged it with xAI, his artificial intelligence venture responsible for the Grok chatbot.
These moves are part of a broader strategy to absorb the social network into his rocket firm, SpaceX, with the unified entity expected to launch an initial public offering as early as this summer.
