Facebook Experiences Temporary Outage, Now Back Up and Running
Social Network X Experiences Another Outage, Surpassing Facebook in Complaints
On August 14, 2025, social network X (formerly Twitter) faced a sudden global disruption, affecting over 18,600 users. The outage, which lasted approximately 20 minutes, caused access errors such as problems loading timelines, profiles, and difficulties logging in.
The outage began around 11:01 a.m. ET and was resolved by about 11:21 a.m. ET. Users reported error messages like “Something went wrong. Try reloading.” The company did not issue an official statement explaining the cause, but this was X's fourth major outage in 2025 amid ongoing infrastructure challenges under Elon Musk's ownership.
Comparing this outage to previous ones in 2025, the August outage was similar in impact but slightly smaller in scale. Here's a breakdown:
| Date | User Reports (approx.) | Main Issues | Duration | Cause Detail | |---------------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------| | August 14, 2025 | 18,600+ reported issues | Access errors, login problems | About 20 minutes | No official cause stated; part of recurring infrastructure problems under Musk’s oversight | | July 23, 2025 | ~15,400+ reported issues | Access problems on web (74%) and app (23%) | Not precisely stated | No specific cause disclosed | | July 2, 2025 | ~15,400+ users reporting issues | General access problems | Not detailed | No specific cause disclosed |
Earlier outages this year were similarly unexplained officially but were part of a string of incidents that raised user concerns about infrastructure stability, cyberattack risks, and data center reliability under Musk’s administration.
In contrast, a related outage affecting Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service in late July 2025 was publicly attributed to a critical software configuration error during a routine update, which caused a cascading failure in satellite communications lasting about two and a half hours. This Starlink incident had a clearly identified technical cause and impacted global connectivity differently from X’s social media outages.
The current status of the X outage is not specified, but initial reports suggested that it was experiencing a significant problem. John McCann's tweets, posted on August 14, 2025, suggest that the X outage may be more widespread than the Facebook outage, as it is generating more complaints with a peak of 18,367 reports on Downdetector in the US. The exact nature of the issues with X's service during the outage is not specified.
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