DownDetector has seen more than 5000 user reports of problems, with people seemingly experiencing issues with both the mobile browser and the app.Users in the US and elsewhere appear unaffected by the issue.Twitter has not yet confirmed an outage on any of its official server status channels.
One user said: "I can't load twitter at all! I have tried on my phone and desktop. It's clearly having issues. I'm in the South east of England"Other reports state there are issues in Lancashire, East Yorkshire, and elsewhere.
55% of reports point towards problems with the Twitter website, while a further 38% claim there are issues with the mobile app."Twitter is down - Russia involved?" speculated one DownDetector report, while one other user said there are issues in France.Reports have also emerged that users in Canada are facing difficulties with the app.
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