Twitter users report problems with links, media

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - Twitter users reported on Monday widespread issues with the social media platform, including problems with links not working, and media not displaying in the latest episode of the website's woes.

Nearly 8,400 problems were reported, according Downdetector, a website that tracks outages and other problems with websites and media services.

Links posted to Twitter led users to a blank page with text referring to Twitter's API, which is what the website uses to communicate with outside web pages. Videos and images also failed to load.

Many of the problems appear to have been resolved an hour and a half after they began to be reported around 11:30 am Eastern Time (1630 GMT).