Russian users report mass YouTube outage amid growing official criticism
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Russian internet monitoring service said there had been thousands of glitches reported about YouTube in Russia.
Russian internet monitoring services have reported a mass outage affecting the video hosting site YouTube amid increasing official criticism of the platform.
Russian internet monitoring service Sboi.rf said thousands of glitches had been reported on Thursday with users saying they could only access the platform through virtual private networks (VPNs).
“YouTube is not working,” one anonymous user said in comments on the site.
Reuters news agency reporters in Russia were unable to access YouTube. The website remained available on some mobile devices.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor also did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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