Microblogging platform Twitter suffered a major outage on Thursday with users across India and other countries facing troubles accessing tweets and viewing timelines.
According to Downdetector, the issues started around 10:37 am IST with over 1,200 users reporting problems so far. The outage appears to have hit desktop and mobile platforms alike.
Most complaints logged on the tracking website seem to be centered around major Indian cities but Twitter also saw reports of downtime from international users in places like the UK, Canada, and Argentina.
While the Twitter website and app are opening, users are unable to view the latest tweets or refresh feeds indicating a backend technical disruption.
The company is infamous for its lack of communication during frequent service disruptions ever since Elon Musk took over the platform. It rarely reveals causes publicly.
This comes just months after Twitter faced multiple back-to-back outages in September this year frustrating users globally.
In parallel news, Musk had hinted at upcoming plans to introduce video support in Twitter’s live audio conversation platform Spaces by early 2023. The feature would allow speakers to stream video that shifts between them much like in Google Meet.
But the service reliability woes hitting Twitter again point to deeper engineering troubles that continue to plague the social network under its new management.
