Breaking: X, Formerly Twitter, Goes Down in Major Outage
Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering world news and global affairs. Texas, USA – X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, experienced a major global outage on Friday, January 16, 2026. As reported by The Economic Times, the situation leaves thousands of users unable to access the Elon Musk-owned social media service. X (formerly Twitter) experiences a major outage, leaving users worldwide unable to access the Elon Musk-owned platform. Photo credits: Beyond Borders News, TwitterSource: Facebook X, formerly Twitter, offline amid outage Diario AS also noted the development. Instead of their usual feeds, visitors










