X (Formerly Twitter) Stumbles Again: Widespread Outage and User Frustration Rock Japan
On March 26, 2026, widespread system malfunctions occurred on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), leading to confusion and dissatisfaction among many users. "Twitter down" became a top trending topic in Japan, illustrating the significant impact of the outage. Users reported a series of basic functionality issues such as "timeline not loading" and "posts not displaying." Even corporate official accounts, like Kibun's official account asking, "Can you see Kibun's Chikuwa?", appeared to be affected by the glitches. Furthermore, problems like "blocked/muted ad accounts appearing on the timeline" and "search function being difficult to use" were also pointed out. There were also reports of Grok (the AI feature) experiencing malfunctions simultaneously, raising concerns about the overall stability of the platform. Some users reported an issue where they received a "Cannot send" notification even though...