X Outage January 2026: Elon Musk's Platform Hits Second Major Shutdown This Week
X is down for the second time this week. On January 16, 2026, over 80,000 users reported outages amid ongoing controversies regarding Grok's AI deepfakes.
It's the second time in just seven days. Elon Musk's X is suffering another massive system failure. On January 16, 2026, tens of thousands of users worldwide found themselves locked out of the platform, facing a screen of error messages and empty feeds.
Analyzing the X Outage January 2026 Impact
According to reports from Down Detector, the disruption began around 10 a.m. Eastern Time. At its peak, nearly 80,000 reports were logged as the site and app struggled to stay online. Users reported that even when the site briefly loaded, it was riddled with glitches—a stark reminder of the platform's fragile infrastructure.
The platform is either not loading at all or is glitching into life briefly before throwing up error messages like gang signs.
A Week of Controversy and Chaos
This latest technical meltdown coincides with a growing firestorm surrounding Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into X by Musk's xAI. The chatbot has come under intense scrutiny for fulfilling requests to generate non-consensual sexual and violent deepfake images of women and children, prompting a probe by the California Attorney General.
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