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Thousands of users reported problems trying to access Twitter on Saturday, the latest widespread outage since Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk bought the social media site late last year.
Many users attempting to access or post content on the Twitter website or mobile app have encountered “rate limit exceeded” or “could not retrieve Tweets” error messages.As of 11 a.m. ET, more than 7,300 people have reported Twitter issues to the site lower detector.
Twitter responded to CNBC’s request for comment with its customary poop emoji.
Saturday’s outage wasn’t the first time Twitter has encountered technical difficulties in recent months. In February, users were unable to post on the site for about 90 minutes after receiving a message saying, “You have exceeded your daily limit for sending tweets.” In March, users were temporarily unable to click on links or load images.
Other outages coincided with reports of Twitter data center closures and mass layoffs, which Musk claimed were necessary for the company’s financial health.
It was unclear when Saturday’s outage would be resolved.
Correction: This article has been updated to show that Elon Musk is no longer CEO of Twitter. He is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.
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