In his post, Navarro alleged that India was profiting from buying Russian oil and thereby funding Russia’s war efforts. However, X users challenged these assertions. A community note clarified that India’s oil trade is essential for its energy security, not solely for profit. It also pointed out that India is not violating any international sanctions by purchasing Russian oil and that the U.S. itself continues to buy certain goods from Russia, suggesting a double standard. Navarro reacted negatively, dismissing the note as ‘nonsense’ and accusing Musk of promoting misinformation.

Navarro’s post focused on India’s purchase of Russian oil, stating that high tariffs from India were costing U.S. jobs, that India was buying Russian oil solely for profit, funding the Russian war machine, and that American taxpayers would have to pay more. He also criticized The Washington Post, referencing a report about the deteriorating diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and India. Navarro has previously used strong language against India, referring to the country as the ‘tariff king’, ‘Russia’s money laundering machine,’ and critiquing ‘Modi’s war in Ukraine’.

Among those in attendance were Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Tim Cook from Apple, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, Oracle CEO Safra Catz, Micron chief Sanjay Mehrotra, TIBCO Software chairman Vivek Ranadive, Palantir’s Shyam Sankar, Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang, Blue Origin CEO David Limp, and Shift4 Payments boss Jared Isaacman.

Users will be able to rate and provide feedback on high-performing posts, assessing whether they appeal to a diverse audience or primarily resonate with a specific viewpoint. Posts receiving broad approval will earn a ‘Public Approval’ tag. Positive ratings from a range of users will trigger a message indicating the post’s popularity across various users and groups.

A new section called ‘Got Likes’ will also be launched on the Community Notes website, showcasing posts that have garnered significant positive feedback. While currently available to select users in the US, the feature will be rolled out to more users and countries in the future.

This feature aims to enhance transparency on the X platform, highlighting quality content and helping users avoid misleading or biased posts. It prioritizes valuable content over mere virality. This experiment shows that social media is shifting focus to present content with diverse perspectives and genuine user endorsement.

Thousands of users faced difficulties accessing X (formerly Twitter) due to a widespread outage, according to outage monitoring platform Downdetector. Many reported issues with the app, website, and login page. About 41% of users said they couldn’t log in, while another 41% experienced problems with the app itself. Adding further, 18% reported issues with the website.

This marks the second outage in less than 24 hours. On Friday, X suffered a major disruption that left millions unable to access the platform. In India, several users also reported being unable to load the website. Globally, over 5,000 users flagged problems on Downdetector. The company has yet to disclose the cause of the outage.

X (Formerly Twitter) Engineering said in a post that they were aware of the incident and the team was constantly working on the issue. “X is aware some of our users are experiencing performance issues on the platform today. We are experiencing a data centre outage and the team is actively working to remediate the issue,” it posted.

In March, Musk said a massive cyber-attack hit his X social media platform, that disabled millions of users across the globe, including in India, from accessing the popular platform. The X platform went down in a massive global outage as users were unable to access the micro-blogging platform.

“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing…,” said the billionaire in a post. “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” he said, adding that it is an attempt to silence him and his platform. X was acquired by Musk in October 2022 for $44 billion. After the acquisition, X rarely went off the grid unlike its peers Facebook and Instagram. (With Inputs From IANS)

Here’s How Netizens Reacted?

This is why you shouldn’t fully depend on AI.

X has been down for 10+ hours. No update. No real support. Just silence.

And the damage? Can’t send DMs Can’t connect X to other apps ( i Personally lost 150$ because of this ). Deals falling through

You can’t even… pic.twitter.com/92vMk1v11d — Rafay. (@web3rafay) May 23, 2025

Twitter’s down again?

Leon should be nowhere near air traffic control systems.

Agree?

pic.twitter.com/3f3JI3Nac4 — Art Candee  (@ArtCandee) May 24, 2025

xAI-X Merger: What You Need to Know

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has officially merged with X (formerly Twitter) in an all-stock deal, meaning no cash was involved. While both companies are privately owned and not required to share financial details. Musk confirmed that xAI is valued at 80 billion dollars and X at 33 billion dollars.

According to Musk, this merger will combine their data, AI models, computing power, and top talent to create smarter, more meaningful user experiences. The goal is to enhance innovation while staying focused on the mission of seeking truth and spreading knowledge.

Elon Musk to Resign from DOGE Leadership

The merger news comes just hours after Elon Musk revealed that he will step down from his role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the end of May. During his 130-day term, Musk led efforts to cut government costs, achieving a massive 1 trillion dollars reduction in the US deficit. Appointed as a “special government employee” under President Donald Trump’s administration, he played a key role in streamlining spending.

Elon Musk is making big moves in the AI industry, a key priority for both the Trump administration and the tech world, according to CNN. Earlier this year, he led a group of investors in a nearly 100 billion dollars bid to buy OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. This attempt marked another chapter in his ongoing rivalry with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

The X platform went down in a massive global outage as users were unable to access the micro-blogging platform.

“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved. Tracing…,” said the billionaire in a post.

“There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” he said, adding that it is an attempt to silence him and his platform.

X, formerly Twitter, went non-operational for millions of users during the day.

According to platform outage tracking platform DownDetector, the X outage peaked at around 15:00 hours

A user commented: “Is Twitter down? Anyone getting the same issue? Can’t open the comments section”.

“Thanks for the update. It’s unreal how badly they want to shut down free speech,” another posted.

“Looks like someone really doesn’t want X to thrive. Wonder who’s behind it,” said another.

DownDetector reported a huge spike, with users rushing to lodge their complaints about the social media site on other platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

During the downtime, X stopped working completely while the users were unable to post tweets or even open pages on the platform.

X was acquired by Musk in October 2022 for $44 billion.

After the acquisition, X rarely went off the grid unlike its peers Facebook and Instagram.

Recently, the tech billionaire raised prices of its top-tier subscription service (Premium+) for his X social media platform by a massive 35 per cent for both new and existing users in India, including across global markets.