Thousands fume as Twitter website and app 'go OFFLINE'

TWITTER is reportedly down in multiple locations as thousands of frustrated users report issues.

Problems started around 12pm ET (5pm GMT), according to Downdetector.

Downdetector has over 16,000 reports of Twitter issues and that's just from the US.

The reasons for the problems remain unclear.

Some people can access the site but can't use basic features like retweeting or reading replies.

It could be due to a server error or it could be due to the devices people are using to access Twitter.

Most reports are about website issues, closely followed by app issues.

One Twitter user wrote on Downdetector: "Still can't retweet, read replies etc.

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"Can only read tweets from my TL before the crash happened/ Twitter Search is functioning normally though (all recent tweets)."

Another person joked: "What am I supposed to do with my life now?"

One added: "Twitter completely down."

And, another complained: "Down In Chennai, India. Post your city".

Reports are dropping off on Downdetector but some users are still experiencing issues.

More to follow…

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