Twitter says services down for some users
Many in the UAE were also unable to use Twitter
Dubai: Twitter Inc said late on Friday that it was working on fixing an access issue after thousands of users reported problems with the platform.
"Tweets may not be loading for some of you. We're working on fixing a problem and you'll be back on the timeline soon," the company said in a tweet.
Many in the UAE also reported Twitter outage on Saturday. Some said they were unable to use Tweetdeck, while others said they couldn’t access their Twitter account.
Around 40,000 users reported issues with the social media platform, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com
Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage could have affected a larger number of users.