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Details: Written by Bing News Search Results; Category: Social Media; Published: 19 January 2026; Created: 19 January 2026; Last Updated: 19 January 2026

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, went down for tens of thousands of users Friday morning.
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Posted: 2026-01-17 08:21:00

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Is X down? Social media site largely back up after thousands report outage
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:21:00 GMT
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, went down for tens of thousands of users Friday morning.