“We view today’s verdict, where the jury found both for and against the plaintiffs and found no fraud scheme, as a bump in the road,” stated Elon Musk’s lawyers following a jury’s decision regarding Musk’s actions during his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022.
This legal development comes at a time when Twitter, now branded as X, faced a significant outage that left many users in India unable to access their accounts. Reports indicated that over 10,000 complaints were logged as users struggled with login issues and posting failures.
On March 26, 2026, Downdetector recorded more than 1,000 reports of outages, highlighting the widespread nature of the problem. Users expressed their frustrations on social media, with one user lamenting, “Cannot get into X. Getting an error screen when logging in,” while another added, “I can’t post. Keeps said failed to post. And I logged out for a minute and it wouldn’t let me in for a bit.”
The outage occurred shortly after the jury’s verdict, which found that Musk had misled investors through public statements and tweets, particularly regarding the impact of fake accounts on the company’s stock price. However, the jury did not find a fraud scheme, leading Musk’s legal team to frame the outcome as a minor setback.
As the court has yet to determine the amount Musk will owe in damages, the legal implications of this case continue to unfold. The timing of the outage has raised eyebrows, although the cause remains unclear.
Services were restored by around 1:03 PM IST, but the brief disruption has left many users questioning the reliability of the platform. The juxtaposition of legal challenges and technical difficulties paints a complex picture for the future of X.
Details remain unconfirmed regarding the specific reasons behind the outage, leaving users and observers alike eager for clarity as the situation develops.
