Millions of users of the popular social media website, Twitter, have been denied access to the service after the platform mysteriously shut down.
The platform boasts over 200 million active daily users and is a source of instant information for many of the users.
As of 1 pm on Thursday, an online platform that provides real-time information about the status of websites and services, Downdetector, reported that there had been a spike in reports of Twitter being shut.
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