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**X, Formerly Twitter, Experiences Brief Outage; Restored, But Cause Unclear**

**[City, State] –** Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced a significant disruption this evening, leaving thousands of users locked out of their accounts and unable to access core functions. The outage, which began around 6 PM, impacted both desktop and mobile users and sparked widespread frustration across the internet.

According to DownDetector, the disruption peaked with over 2,200 user reports citing issues. Problems included difficulties signing in, delays in receiving direct messages, and the emergence of broken links. Access to feeds and the ability to send messages were also affected.

While services have since been restored, the company has yet to issue a statement explaining the cause of the outage. Users are now reporting normal functionality.

This incident comes amidst ongoing scrutiny of X’s content moderation policies, particularly in India. The platform recently confirmed it will block over 8,000 accounts in India as directed by the government, although it publicly contested the order.

X has stated that the Indian government’s orders include blocking access in India to accounts belonging to international news organisations and prominent X users. The platform expressed concerns the order infringes on the fundamental right to free speech. The company also claims that in most cases, the Indian government has not specified which posts from an account have violated India’s local laws, and that for a significant number of accounts, they did not receive any evidence or justification to block the accounts.

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