Elon Musk’s X Pauses Encrypted DMs Starting Today To Work on Improvements, Says Users Can Access Old Direct Messages but Cannot Send New Ones
Elon Musk's X paused encrypted DMs (Direct Messages) starting today to make improvements. Recently, the platform saw a massive outage that affected various services, including X DMs. It said that users could access old Direct Messages but would not be able to create new ones.
X (formerly Twitter) announced that starting today, May 29, 2025, it would pause the encrypted DMs feature while making improvements. The X users could still access the encrypted DMs but would not be able to send the new ones. Recently, the X platform faced a massive outage, which affected DMs, login services and many other functionalities. Grok New Feature Update: Elon Musk’s xAI To Allow Users To Connect Their Slack Accounts Soon After Recently Rolling Out New Improved Sidebar on AI Chatbot.
X Paused New Encrypted DMs to Work on Improvements
Starting today we will be pausing the encrypted DMs feature while we work on making some improvements. You will still be able to access your encrypted DMs, but won't be able to send new ones.
— Engineering (@XEng) May 28, 2025
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