Netizens have experienced issues mostly in the eastern and western parts of the United States, including New York and Los Angeles, with outages also being reported in the United Kingdom and Japan, according to the outage map.
Social media users have reported issues while using Twitter, the Downdetector website showed on early Friday.
In total, over 50,000 complaints were made between around 5.15 pm EST (9.15 pm GMT) and 6:30 p.m. About 60 percent have had trouble with the website, while 27 percent had difficulty using the platform on their iPhone or iPad apps.
Most netizens have experienced issues with loading their Twitter feed, or have received empty notifications on their devices.
Twitter has said it is investigating into the irregularity with the platform’s APIs.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
