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Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced service disruptions Wednesday morning, affecting thousands of users nationwide before operations returned to normal.<\/p>

Outage tracking website Downdetector.com recorded a surge in user complaints that reached more than 34,500 reports at the height of the disruption. By 11:39 a.m. Eastern Time, those reports had dropped significantly to just 845.<\/p>

The outage monitoring service compiles its data by gathering status reports from multiple sources, though the platform notes that actual user impact numbers may vary since individuals voluntarily submit the reports.<\/p>

X representatives had not provided a response to media inquiries about the service interruption as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thousands of users across the United States experienced problems accessing Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Wednesday morning. 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