Twitter was experiencing a widespread outage for approximately 30 minutes as of noon Israel time on Monday, with users unable to access the platform. The cause of the disruption remains unclear as of this report. The glitch appears to have ended about an hour after, toward 12:30 p.m.. About two hours later, users once again reported the platform was down. It was unclear what the cause was for this second glitch and how widespread it was, but it lasted only several minutes. Then toward 4 p.m. Israel Time another major glitch was reported by the greatest number yet – more than 30000 users, and this continued for at least 30 minutes. It was still unclear when it was expected to be resolved.
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, did not yet issued any statement regarding the service interruption or its potential causes in the immediate aftermath of the first glitch.
The timing and scope of the outages, as well as when users might expect service to resume, were unknown. Technical difficulties affecting major social media platforms typically stem from server issues, maintenance gone awry, or other infrastructure problems.
"User reports indicate problems at X (Twitter)," the site Downdetector reported in the first outage. "X (previously Twitter) is a microblog that allows users to publish shorter, less text messages. Twitter users can post their tweets across multiple devices and platforms. This includes iPhone, Android, Blackberry or Windows Phone devices and traditional computers."
