{"id":1214,"date":"2025-05-26T11:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:39:48","slug":"x-social-media-restored-in-pakistan-following-global-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/05\/26\/x-social-media-restored-in-pakistan-following-global-outage","title":{"rendered":"X Social Media Restored in Pakistan Following Global Outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"701\"><strong>Islamabad: Access to the popular social media platform X was gradually restored in Pakistan on Saturday after a widespread global outage disrupted services in multiple countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"701\">According to real-time monitoring site Downdetector, complaints surged after 5 pm, peaking at 372 reports by 5:36 pm, with a total exceeding 600 by late evening.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"701\">Users reported being unable to log into their accounts or send tweets during the outage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"701\">However, by 8 pm, the volume of complaints had decreased significantly, signaling a return of the platform\u2019s functionality in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"1043\">The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) confirmed the global nature of the outage and clarified that Pakistan\u2019s internet infrastructure was not responsible for the disruption.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"1043\">The PTA stated that internet services across the country remained fully operational and no technical faults were detected at the national internet gateways.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1105\"><strong data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1105\">Background on X\u2019s Block and Restoration in Pakistan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1443\">X, formerly known as Twitter, was blocked in Pakistan on February 17, 2024, following allegations of widespread election rigging shared by a former bureaucrat.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1443\">Despite the block, the platform was quietly restored on May 7 amid heightened regional tensions following missile attacks by India on Pakistan, which sparked a brief conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1924\">This recent outage was linked to a fire at X\u2019s data centre in Hillsboro Technology Park, which broke out on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1924\">Emergency teams responded to the incident, finding a battery room heavily filled with smoke. The fire was contained without spreading to other parts of the facility.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1924\">The outage caused widespread service interruptions affecting login, signup, notifications, and premium features, which persisted into Saturday as the company worked to resolve the issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Access to the popular social media platform X was gradually restored in Pakistan on Saturday after a widespread global outage disrupted services in multiple countries. According to real-time monitoring site Downdetector, complaints surged after 5 pm, peaking at 372 reports by 5:36 pm, with a total exceeding 600 by late evening. 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