Twitter down as users of Elon Musk's X app report major issues

X/Twitter has been hit with a major outage this evening with hundreds of users struggling to access the website.

According to Downdetector, huge numbers of users are struggling to access certain X webpages, while others are having issues with the app and login page. As of 8pm, more than 600 users reported issues with the social media site. Some who have managed to post from their profiles amid the outage have voiced their disappointment. One user wrote: "Remember when were down and we would come to to make sure it was down for everyone? Now Twitter is down ever since Elon got it."

Another also blamed Elon Musk for the disruption, saying: "Funny how as soon as Musk starts spending more time with the companies he owns Twitter starts breaking down again." One user simply said: "This app has gone down more times this year than the OG twitter went down in its entirety."

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The outage appears to have started shortly after 7pm this evening, with hundreds of issues reported on Downdetector by 7:20pm.

It comes after it was announced last week that Elon Musk's Starlink will provide internet access for trains in the far north of . The ’s richest man, who has drawn criticism from a number of figures in Scotland over his political stances in recent years, uses his company SpaceX to operate a series of low-earth orbit satellites.

As part of a six-month trial, the network will be used to provide connectivity for six trains between Inverness and Thurso, Wick, Kyle of Lochalsh and Aberdeen. The initiative is part of a partnership between ScotRail and the Bathgate-based Clarus Networks – a reseller of Starlink equipment. The connections will provide customer Wi-Fi as well as GPS tracking of trains and live CCTV.

If successful, the pilot – backed by the Government, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Futures Trust – could be rolled out along other rural rail routes across Scotland. ScotRail strategy and planning director Scott Prentice said: “There has been a lot of hard work by our staff and our partner, Clarus Networks, to get to this point, and I am looking forward to seeing how customers interact with the new on our trains.

“The project addresses the long-standing challenges we’ve had for train connectivity in the region, and we hope it will lead to a future roll-out of the technology across other rural routes in Scotland.”

Controversial Tesla owner Mr Musk has come in for criticism by some at the highest levels of Scottish politics, including First Minister John Swinney, who described comments made by Mr Musk about safeguarding minister Jess Phillips – calling her a “rape genocide apologist” – as “reprehensible”.

Mr Musk has also publicly clashed with Mr Swinney’s predecessor Humza Yousaf.