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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Griffin

Bluesky down as users struggle to access social media site

  • Bluesky, a social media platform and competitor to X (formerly Twitter), experienced a major outage.
  • Users reported widespread issues globally throughout the morning, including an inability to log in or view posts, with feeds appearing blank.
  • Even Bluesky's official status page, intended for outage updates, seemed to be affected by the problems.
  • Bluesky was initially launched in 2019 as a project within Twitter, aiming for a less centralised platform.
  • The service separated from Twitter after Elon Musk's acquisition in 2022 and launched independently in 2023, becoming a popular alternative for many users.

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Bluesky down: Twitter competitor not working amid major outage

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