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Twitter Down? Widespread Outages Reported

August 27, 2021
Twitter Down? Widespread Outages Reported

Twitter Outage Impacts Users in Canada and Eastern U.S.

Access to the Twitter platform was reportedly disrupted for users located in Canada and specific regions of the United States this Friday morning.

Data collected by Downdetector, a third-party website monitoring service, suggests the problem affected users throughout Canada.

The disruptions were primarily concentrated in the eastern U.S., particularly in states bordering Canada.

However, reports of outages continued to surface from users in a wider range of states as the morning progressed.

Outage Timeline and Resolution

Most reports indicate the service interruption commenced around 8:30 AM Eastern Time.

For some individuals, the issue persisted for over an hour.

As of shortly before 10:00 AM ET, indications suggest that Twitter service had been successfully restored for the majority, and potentially all, affected users.

Twitter's Official Response

Twitter’s official support channel on the platform acknowledged that certain users were encountering difficulties loading the service.

The company confirmed that the identified issue had been resolved.

The statement indicated that steps were taken to restore full functionality to all users.

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