Is X down? Thousands of users report issues with social media site

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• Thousands of X users are complaining about issues accessing the social media platform.
• Over 10,200 users in the United States reported a problem with the app on Downdetector, a website that tracks outage reports.
• An additional 3,000 users in the UK reported being unable to use the site properly, indicating a global outage.
• “X posts/comments not loading all of a sudden. X down for anyone else RN?” one user wrote on Downdetector.
• X has yet to comment on the issue, which began at around 1:45 pm ET (6:45 pm BST).