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  • Major web outage hits X, ChatGPT, others amid widespread Cloudflare error

    Major web outage hits X, ChatGPT, others amid widespread Cloudflare error

    A number of websites experienced temporary disruption after a technical issue at Cloudflare caused numerous of them to go offline.

    Users attempting to access platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) and OpenAi’s ChatGPT were met with error notices indicating that Cloudflare’s systems were preventing pages from loading.

    Cloudflare, a key internet infrastructure provider, supports many essential online functions from shielding websites against cyber attacks to helping them remain stable under heavy traffic.

    In a status update, the company announced: “Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers. Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available.”

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    Many affected users encountered an alert referring to an “internal server error on Cloudflare’s network”, along with a prompt to “please try again in a few minutes.”

    The outage appears to have begun around 12:30 p.m. Nigerian time.

    Although some sites briefly loaded when refreshed, the issue seems to have been resolved now as the major sites are now back online.

  • Users report outages of Musk’s X platform

    Users report outages of Musk’s X platform

    Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced massive outages throughout Monday morning that impacted thousands of users in the US and UK.

    The outage came as platform monitor Downdetector said it had seen tens of thousands of reports from US users of technical issues affecting the platform.

    There were more than 8,000 outage reports from UK users shortly before 14:00 GMT, following a brief but notable surge of reports on Monday morning.

    Connection issues lasted for some users into the afternoon.

    Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced massive outages throughout Monday morning that impacted thousands of users in the US and UK.

    The outage came as platform monitor Downdetector said it had seen tens of thousands of reports from US users of technical issues affecting the platform.

    There were more than 8,000 outage reports from UK users shortly before 14:00 GMT, following a brief but notable surge of reports on Monday morning.

    Connection issues lasted for some users into the afternoon.

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    Many users trying to access the platform and refresh feeds on its app and desktop site during Monday’s outages were met with a loading icon.

    Musk claims the outages stemmed from a “massive cyber-attack” that originated “in the Ukraine area.”

    But the technology billionaire, who has been a frequent critic of Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelensky, offered no evidence to support the claim and did not say whether or not he thought state actors were involved.

    Earlier, he posted on X that “either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved”.

    The BBC has approached the Ukrainian embassy in Washington DC for comment.

    “We’re not sure exactly what happened but there was a massive cyber-attack to try and bring down the X system with [Internet Protocol] addresses originating in the Ukraine area,” Musk said in an interview with the Fox Business channel.

  • Apple, Disney, others boycott advertising on X

    Apple, Disney, others boycott advertising on X

    Firms including Apple, Disney, and IBM have paused advertising on X amid an antisemitism storm on the site.

    It comes after X owner Elon Musk amplified an antisemitic trope on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

    The boycott has also been picking up steam in the wake of an investigation by a US group that flagged ads appearing next to pro-Nazi posts on X.

    Mr Musk has denied his post was antisemitic and has threatened to sue over the advertising investigation.

    Left-leaning pressure group Media Matters for America said it had identified ads bought by high-profile firms next to posts including Hitler quotes, praise of Nazis and Holocaust denial.

    A spokesperson for X told the BBC that the company does not intentionally place brands “next to this kind of content” and the platform is dedicated to combatting antisemitism.

    Mr Musk said on Saturday that X would file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters “the split second court opens on Monday”.

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    He said the group’s report had “misrepresented the real user experience of X” in order to “undermine freedom of speech and mislead advertisers”.

    On Wednesday, Mr Musk replied to a post sharing a conspiracy theory which accused Jewish communities of pushing hatred against white people, calling it “actual truth”.

    The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur later said his comments referred not to all Jewish people but to groups like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other unspecified groups.