India, April 1 -- Several social media users reported that the Social Security Administration (SSA) website was not working. They claimed that there was an apparent 'server outage' and a 'service not available' message popped up. The SSA has not confirmed any outage yet. We couldn't see any downtime on Downdetector either.

The apparent issues on the SSA website come days before the agency will roll out the April 2025 stimulus checks to millions of Americans. SSI recipients will receive their payments, including the 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), on April 1. Two days later, on Thursday, individuals who began receiving Social Security before May 1997, or those who receive both Social Security and SSI, will receive their payments. ...