Two-thirds of the disruptions reported in Switzerland occurred on internet browsers.
Keystone-SDA
Select your language
Generated with artificial intelligence.
Listening: X platform outages hit Switzerland
Malfunctions led to a worldwide outage of the social media platform service X (formerly Twitter) several times on Monday. The website was temporarily unavailable to users, including those in Switzerland.
This content was published on
2 minutes
Keystone-SDA
Deutsch
de
Plattform X aufgrund einer Störung weltweit kurzzeitig “down”
Original
The website allestörungen.ch reported over 900 messages of problems experienced in Switzerland shortly before 11am local time. Two- thirds of the disruptions occurred on internet browsers and one-third on the X app. Most of the reports came from the Zurich, Basel and Bern areas. The platform was unavailable for around 30 minutes at midday.
The disruption was registered internationally. According to the website, over 21,000 reports were recorded in the United States. There were also reports in Romania, Thailand, South Africa, Argentina and New Zealand.
A second disruption occurred in the afternoon from around 2:30 pm CET for around 30 minutes. The reasons for this were initially unclear.
External Content
Adapted from German with DeepL/gw
This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles.
If you want to know more about how we work, have a look here, if you want to learn more about how we use technology, click here, and if you have feedback on this news story please write to english@swissinfo.ch.
Popular Stories
More
Swiss Abroad
Heimatort, sweet Heimatort: the unique Swiss concept of home
As a Swiss Abroad, how do you feel about the emergence of more conservative family policies in some US states?
In recent years several US states have adopted more conservative policies on family issues, abortion and education. As a Swiss citizen living there, how do you view this development?
This content was published on
UBS, the Italian UniCredit and the Japanese bank Nomura have unsuccessfully defended themselves against a multi-million fine in the legal dispute over illegal collusion in the trading of government bonds.
Director of Credit Suisse doc claims he faced pressure not to make it
This content was published on
Simon Helbling, director of the documentary 'Game Over - The Collapse of Credit Suisse', claims he was pressured not to make the film.
This content was published on
The Swiss economy will continue to develop at a rather subdued pace in 2025, according to economic researchers at ETH Zurich (KOF).
Swiss name Alpine stonefly ‘new species of the year’
This content was published on
The Swiss Systematics Society has named the alpine stonefly species Dictyogenus nadigi as the "new species of the year 2025".
Too much light at night disturbs great tits when breeding
This content was published on
Great tits have fewer young in nesting boxes in the city than in forests. The reason for this is light pollution, according to a Swiss study.
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.