Twitter outage hits India as several users report problems in big blow to Elon Musk
As the Twitter offices closes on Friday for a large-scale layoff, Twitter went down in for India users. On the morning of November 4, many Twitter users reported problems with the microblogging site stating they were unable to log into their accounts. The issue appears to be for the web version of the website. But the app seems to be working fine. A popup that reads "Something went wrong, but don't worry - try again" appears when the feed page first loads.
Many users reported this issue on the online outage monitor DownDetector. At its peak, there were more than 143 reports of this issue. It is not known why this issue occurred at present. The issue is still ongoing at the moment of writing this and about 92 fresh reports are popping up every minute.
"I'm unable to access Twitter and getting an error prompt...Something went wrong, but don't fret -- let's give it another shot.Try again," a social media user wrote.
Reportedly, the outage started around 3 am and saw a relatively big spike around 7 am.
Meanwhile, Twitter has been in news for other reasons as well, thanks to Elon Musk. Last week, he took control of Twitter and fired its top executives.
He has also started mass layoffs today. As per an unsigned internal memo seen by The Verge, Twitter employees were notified in the email that the layoffs were set to begin.
Employees will receive an email by 9AM PST on November 4 confirming whether they have been laid off or not, according to the internal memo, which also states that employee badge access to Twitter's offices will be shut off "temporarily."
"We acknowledge this is an incredibly challenging experience to go through, whether or not you are impacted," the memo read.
"Thank you for continuing to adhere to Twitter
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