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Coverage dated March 17, 2026

Is X down? Over 26k reports of outages on Wednesday

Headline from KTVU San Francisco

Thousands of users reported issues with X, formerly Twitter, as outages spiked Wednesday morning, according to Downdetector.

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  1. KTVU San Francisco

    Is X down? Over 26k reports of outages on Wednesday (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    Thousands of users reported issues with X, formerly Twitter, as outages spiked Wednesday morning, according to Downdetector.

  2. New York Post

    X — formerly known as Twitter — is experiencing outages, users reporting social media site is down (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Data from Downdetector shows complaints from users of the social media app formerly known as Twitter were minimal for most of the past 24 hours before surging suddenly in the last few minutes -- reaching tens of thousands of reports in a short period.

  3. Newsweek

    Is X/Twitter down? what to know (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    X, formerly Twitter, hit by global outage as users report login and timeline failures worldwide.

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