“Some users are experiencing difficulties getting Twitter. We’re alert to the problem and are working towards a resolution,” the website said.

A representative for Twitter Europe supported the outage, while users in the Philippines, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda also reported difficulties getting the website together with the hashtag #twitterdown on Facebook.

After about an hour the stage was back on line in Paris and London, but its Tweetdeck program was down. Issues were nevertheless being experienced elsewhere such as Russia.