Amazon down for thousands of users in US, Downdetector shows

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March 5 : E-commerce website Amazon was down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com.

There were more than 19,800 reports of issues with the website as of 03:19 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources.

The actual number of affected users may vary.

Users on social media flagged issues with logging in, checking out, and browsing products on the company's website.

Amazon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on what caused the outage.

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