Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is down once again. This marks the second outage of the platform in the last few days, causing inconvenience to thousands of users. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks real-time service disruptions, the outage began at 8:26 pm. As of now, around 5,000 users have reported issues with the platform.
Users affected across app and website
Downdetector data shows that users are experiencing problems across multiple services.
- 50 per cent of users are facing issues with the X mobile app
- 39 per cent are reporting problems with the website
- 11 per cent are encountering issues with the feed
Repeated disruptions raise concerns
This latest outage comes just days after a previous disruption, raising concerns among users about the platform’s stability. X has not yet issued an official statement regarding the cause of the outage or when services will be fully restored. X last faced a short outage on January 13, when users experienced problems accessing the mobile app, website, and server connections. However, the outage was resolved within 15 minutes.X restricts Grok
In other news, X has implemented new technological measures to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating images of real people in revealing clothing in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. The move follows widespread backlash over the circulation of obscene deepfakes created using Grok.
In a post shared on its official Safety handle, X said the restrictions apply to all users, including paid subscribers. The platform also announced that image creation and image-editing features through the Grok account on X are now available exclusively to paid subscribers.
The platform said the additional restriction adds an extra layer of protection, helping ensure that individuals who attempt to misuse Grok to violate laws or platform policies can be more easily identified and held accountable.
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