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X hit by 'international outages', monitors say

By AFP | 3mos ago

The X (former Twitter) logo appears on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on January 20, 2026. [AFP]

Elon Musk-owned social network X was failing to show posts to users in many countries Monday, monitors said, the latest in a series of interruptions.

X appeared to be suffering "international outages," connectivity monitor Netblocks posted on the open-source social network Mastodon.

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