Musk's X down for thousands of US users, Downdetector shows

FILE PHOTO: 'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's X was down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

There were more than 16,400 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform as of 11:01 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.