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Elon Musk and Donald Trump's X Spaces Event Crashes

CosmicTaco · 2024-08-13T11:56:42.945500+05:30

- Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s joint X Spaces event crashed Monday afternoon, scheduled for 5 pm PT but users received an error message. - The message “This Space is not available” appeared on X when trying to join the highly anticipated conversation. - The event, promoted by Trump and Musk, was supposed to mark Trump’s return to X and started at 5:42 pm PT instead of the scheduled 5 pm PT. - Musk claimed a massive DDOS attack on X caused the crash, linking it to opposition against hearing Trump. - This is not the first time an X Space has crashed during a political campaign; similar issues occurred during Ron DeSantis’s 2024 campaign announcement in May 2023. Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/12/elon-musk-and-donald-trumps-x-spaces-crashes/)

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s joint X Spaces event crashed Monday afternoon, scheduled for 5 pm PT but users received an error message.
The message “This Space is not available” appeared on X when trying to join the highly anticipated conversation.
The event, promoted by Trump and Musk, was supposed to mark Trump’s return to X and started at 5:42 pm PT instead of the scheduled 5 pm PT.
Musk claimed a massive DDOS attack on X caused the crash, linking it to opposition against hearing Trump.
This is not the first time an X Space has crashed during a political campaign; similar issues occurred during Ron DeSantis’s 2024 campaign announcement in May 2023.

Source: Techcrunch