Cloudflare Outage Causes Widespread Internet Disruptions, Knocks Elon Musks X Offline
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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Platforms Including X, ChatGPT and Spotify
Above: A cell phone screen displaying a Cloudflare Error on Nov. 18, 2025. Image credit: Gado/Getty Images
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
Tech infrastructure has become dangerously fragile due to corporate cost-cutting and neglect of basic maintenance. Companies prioritize flashy innovation over boring but critical upkeep, leaving overworked IT staff to manage systems that affect millions with inadequate resources and impossible deadlines.
Pro-establishment narrative
Internet outages are inevitable, given the massive scale and complexity of modern cloud systems, but the infrastructure is actually remarkably resilient. These rare disruptions highlight how well-designed the decentralized internet architecture truly is, with robust backup systems and rapid recovery capabilities.