X Down for Thousands Globally, Downdetector Shows

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Elon Musk's X was down for thousands of users globally on Monday, according to Downdetector.com.

There were more than 9,800 ⁠reports of issues with the social media platform, as of 10:18 ⁠a.m. ET, according to Downdetector.

Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. The actual number of affected users may differ from what is shown, as the reports are submitted by users.

X ⁠was down for ⁠over 1,300 users in Canada, as ⁠of ⁠10:16 a.m. ET, and for over 1,400 users in the United Kingdom, as of 10:18 a.m. ET.

SpaceX, which owns X, did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on what caused the outage.

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