Live X outage: is Twitter down?
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Skip to main content Digital TrendsComputingAIMobileGamingEntertainmentAudio / VideoAutosSmart HomeVideosSearchComputingSee All ComputingTrending TopicsTrending GuidesAIMobileSee All MobileTrending TopicsTrending GuidesGamingSee All GamingTrending TopicsTrending GuidesEntertainmentSee All EntertainmentTrending TopicsTrending GuidesWhat to WatchAudio / VideoSee All Audio / VideoTrending TopicsTrending GuidesAutosSee All AutosTrending ReviewsTrending GuidesBrowse by TypeSmart HomeSee All Smart HomeTrending TopicsBrowse by TypeBest ProductsSee All Best ProductsBest Computing ProductsBest Mobile ProductsBest Audio / Video ProductsBest Video GamesDealsSee All DealsComputingGamingMobileHome TheaterSmart HomeRetailersTrendingReviewsSee All ReviewsComputing ReviewsMobile ReviewsAudio / Video ReviewsMore ReviewsNewsVideosYouTubeGiveawaysMoreBrandsBuying GuidesOriginal SeriesMore Topics Its not just you. X (Twitter) had a blip, with thousands of users all over the globe reporting outages. A huge spike was seen with users reporting that X is down at 3am PDT / 6am EDT.Users were experiencing issues with both the X website and the X app. Some users were reporting the service was downright inaccessible; others complained about slow loading times. Were reporting live on the outage as it unfolds, and are waiting to see if X makes any sort of statement about its early morning issues.LiveLast updated March 10, 2025 3:37 AMRelatedThe liveblog has ended.No liveblog updates yet.Editors RecommendationsTopics Monica J. WhiteComputing WriterMonica is a computing writer at Digital Trends, focusing on PC hardware. Since joining the team in 2021, Monica has written It might be a good idea to review and change your two-factor authentication options for Twitter. Elon Musk's Twitter has another issue for its users to worry about.Twitter has reportedly been having issues with its SMS two-factor authentication feature (2FA). According to Wired, beginning as early as this past weekend, some Twitter users have reported difficulties logging in to their Twitter accounts due to the app's SMS 2FA feature not working properly. Essentially, the feature relies on the app sending users an authentication code via text message, which they can then enter as a second step in the login process. Read more The start of Elon Musk's tenure as owner of Twitter has not been without its struggles and chaos. And so far, the chaos Twitter currently finds itself in shows no signs of letting up anytime soon.So it seems fitting that the latest news on the Twitter front is that signups for the microblogging platform's $8-per-month Twitter Blue subscription have reportedly been suspended. On Friday, Forbes reported that new signups for Twitter's newly revamped Blue subscription have apparently been disabled, having "verified that users have not been able to sign up to the service for more than an hour," and also citing that the option to sign up for Blue on the iOS app had disappeared as further proof of the suspension. The Verge also noted that some users may still see the option to subscribe, only to then be met with an error message. One of the editors at Digital Trends said the option to sign up for the service is just missing from his iOS app's menu, noted that it had been like that "since at least 8 p.m. PT last night," and shared the following screenshot: Read more In the middle of writing an article about Twitter's initial rollout of a new gray check mark verification badge, we noticed something odd: Twitter accounts that had the new gray check marks only minutes earlier were suddenly without them again. So what happened?Elon Musk apparently happened. Mere hours after his newly purchased social media platform began its rollout of a new gray check mark in an effort to help clarify which high-profile accounts were actually verified, the new gray check marks began disappearing from various accounts, evidently at Musk's behest. Just take a look at this tweet conversation between web video producer Marques Brownlee and Musk: Read more
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