X, the Elon Musk-owned social network formerly known as Twitter, was experiencing technical difficulties with links posted to the platform Wednesday.
When URLs posted to X are clicked on, the site’s t.co redirecting service returns an error message that says, “This page is down.”
Reps for X didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Twitter API Status page does not indicate any outages.
X uses its own link-shortening service, t.co. The company explains on its website that “Shortened links allow you to share long URLs in a post while maintaining the maximum number of characters for your message.” X’s link service measures information such as how many times a link has been clicked, which it notes is “an important quality signal” in determining relevancy and interest in a post.
More to come.