Twitter Down Across The Globe, Millions Find Time On Their Hands

SANTA MONICA, CA —Twitter stopped working late Thursday afternoon, as reported by about 55,000 users on Downdetector.com.

Twitter started having problems around 2:45 p.m. when the app slowly stopped publishing new tweets. Media reported that Twitter reported being "overcapacity."

A statement on the Twitter webpage said there was no evidence of a security breach or hack.

Downdetector.com showed problems with the app were worldwide, though primarily in the United States, until about 4 p.m. Pacific time. At that time, tweets began to reappear, though users steadily confirmed issues with the app.

While Twitter was down I got so bored I updated my LinkedIn profile.
— Emily Coleman (@editoremilye) October 15, 2020

According to Twitter's API status, the company will continue to monitor as their teams investigate the outage's reason.

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