According to the website Downdetector, Elon Musk's X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, experienced worldwide outages on Friday afternoon. At 4:19 p.m. ET, Downdetector, an online platform that tracks and reports real-time outages and service disruptions for websites,

FRUSTRATED users are struggling to load X as a major outage hits Elon Musk’s social media platform, leaving tens of thousands unable to access their feeds. The issue appears to be widespread, with

DownDetector, which tracks real-time outages and service disruptions, reported the app was down for more than 34,000 users around 4:19 p.m. ET. As of 4:42, the number of outages had dropped to 1,500.