Elon Musk Steps Back from Politics Amid X Platform Outages, Vows Operational Overhaul
Elon Musk announced his departure from political engagements, including his role in Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, to refocus on business ventures. The decision followed another disruptive outage on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, which left thousands of users locked out over the weekend. This incident compounded earlier technical failures, highlighting systemic vulnerabilities.
Musk acknowledged the platform’s operational shortcomings in a candid post on X: "Major operational improvements need to be made. Failover redundancy should have worked, but did not." Since acquiring Twitter in 2022, Musk has grappled with recurring service disruptions, now prompting a pledge to dedicate "24/7" attention to resolving these issues.
