{"id":106193,"date":"2026-03-18T15:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/x-sees-global-outage-as-users-report-widespread-access-issues-netblocks-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:51:05","slug":"x-sees-global-outage-as-users-report-widespread-access-issues-netblocks-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/x-sees-global-outage-as-users-report-widespread-access-issues-netblocks-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"X sees global outage as users report widespread access issues: NetBlocks | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media platform has yet to issue public statement detailing the cause of the outages<\/p>\n

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Social media platform X is currently facing widespread outages across multiple regions, according to NetBlocks.<\/p>\n

Users from various parts of the world have reported difficulties in accessing the platform, with services intermittently unavailable.<\/p>\n

The internet connectivity monitor said that the outage does not appear to be related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering.<\/p>\n

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Downdetector data showed reports of problems peaked in Pakistan at 8:08 pm, when 177 users flagged issues.<\/p>\n

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This chart shows a view of problem reports submitted in the past 24 hours compared to the typical volume of reports by time of day.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

X has yet to issue a public statement detailing the cause of the outages, but users have expressed frustration at the disruption of services, particularly in regions where the platform is a primary source of communication and news.<\/p>\n

NetBlocks regularly tracks technical failures affecting major online services as well as government-imposed restrictions.<\/p>\n

Last month,\u00a0X briefly suffered international outages<\/a>, disrupting access for users across multiple countries before services were restored later.<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0X outage disrupts users for hours<\/a><\/p>\n

Connectivity monitor NetBlocks said X appeared to be experiencing “international outages” during the disruption, adding that the breakdown was “not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering”.<\/p>\n

In January, the social\u00a0media platform also experienced a significant global outage<\/a>, leaving users worldwide unable to access the service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Social media platform has yet to issue public statement detailing the cause of the outages Social media platform X is currently facing widespread outages across multiple regions, according to NetBlocks. Users from various parts of the world have reported difficulties in accessing the platform, with services intermittently unavailable. The internet connectivity monitor said that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/collage-131773847017-0\/collage-131773847017-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t