Twitter, the social media giant with 330 million active users, went online again on Thursday morning after reports of a worldwide outage that occurred at a sensitive time for Facebook. company, which is embroiled in a fierce legal battle with billionaire Elon Musk over its acquisition. .
Error alarms, a website that monitors internet disruptions, recorded more than 54,000 reports of outages on the social media platform around 8:15 a.m. Eastern time. Less than an hour later, Twitter admitted in a tweet that they were trying to solve problems with users having access to the platform. “We are working to get it back up and running for everyone,” the company said.
Service interruptions are another headache for Twitter, sue Mr Musk on Tuesday in Chancery Court in Delaware to force him to complete a $44 billion deal for the company. In April, Musk agreed to acquire Twitter, but last week indicated that he intends to forgo the acquisition.
Musk cited concerns about the number of fake Twitter accounts as his justification for backing the deal, saying he didn’t believe the company’s claims about it. 5 percent of its active users are bots. For months, Mr. Musk has criticized Twitter and its executives on the platform, even going so far as to tweet a poop emoji in response to a post by Parag Agrawal, the chief executive. company’s operations.
Twitter shares are down more than 28% since April 25, when Musk reached an agreement to buy the company for $54.20 a share. By comparison, the Nasdaq was down about 13.5%.
Twitter remains committed to holding Musk to finalize the deal and is seeking a four-day trial in September.
“Musk refuses to honor its obligations to Twitter and its shareholders because the agreement he signed no longer serves his personal interests,” the company said in the lawsuit. “Musk clearly believes that he – unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law – is free to change his mind, corrupt the company, disrupt its operations, destroy the value of the stock. crowded and left.”
