A widespread outage disrupted the social media platform Bluesky on Thursday, with users across the United States, the United Kingdom, and parts of Europe reporting issues affecting core features of the service.

Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform frequently compared to X, is facing a major outage on Tuesday morning.

X rival Bluesky on Monday said it was adding blue checks to accounts that have been verified to confirm users are who they claim to be.