Twitter down: Social network suffers widespread technical problems


According to DownDetector.com, reports of problems with Twitter began to spike just after 5.30pm ET, and soared to over 45,000 by 5.42pm. Users of the social service reported the inability to post tweets, access their timelines, or see notifications. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: Twitter users reported broad problems accessing the service Thursday afternoon across the US, Europe and other parts of the world.

A notice posted on Twitter's status page at 5.56pm ET said the company was “Investigating Irregularity with Twitter APIs”.

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