Twitter outage sees users told they have exceeded post limit

Users first noticed the problem when they tried to send tweets and received a message saying they had reached their “tweet limit”.

Many Twitter users found themselves unable to tweet, follow accounts or access their direct messages as Elon Musk’s platform experienced a slew of widespread technical problems (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Many Twitter users found themselves unable to tweet, follow accounts or access their direct messages as Elon Musk’s platform experienced a slew of widespread technical problems.

“Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed,” the company tweeted from its support account.