Youtube, YouTube TV, and YouTube Music services are all currently offline, according to @TeamYoutube…
Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We’re working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated.
— Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018
While YouTube did not detail how widespread the outages with its services are, DownDetector suggests that the outage appears to be global…
And across the US…
This outage comes just a day after most of the world’s Internet users lost access to YouTube for several hours Sunday after an attempt by Pakistan’s government to block access domestically affected other countries.
As ABC News reports, an Internet expert explained that Sunday’s problems arose when a Pakistani telecommunications company accidentally identified itself to Internet computers as the world’s fastest route to YouTube. But instead of serving up videos of skateboarding dogs, it sent the traffic into oblivion.
On Friday, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered 70 Internet service providers to block access to YouTube.com, because of anti-Islamic movies on the video-sharing site, which is owned by Google.
The authority did not specify what the offensive material was, but a PTA official said the ban concerned a trailer for an upcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has said he plans to release a movie portraying Islam as fascist and prone to inciting violence against women and homosexuals.
The block was intended to cover only Pakistan, but extended to about two-thirds of the global Internet population, starting at 1:47 p.m. ET Sunday, according to Renesys Corp., a Manchester, N.H., firm that keeps track of the pathways of the Internet for telecommunications companies and other clients.
With nothing to watch, Social media has erupted – demanding that it is fixed…
— KirbylightBoo
(@_Kirbylight2) October 17, 2018
— Mark
(@marko123098) October 17, 2018
Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
— Koala (@KoalaKontrol) October 17, 2018
— Naco88 (@NacoRBLX) October 17, 2018
— SpooksoPlays (@russotalks) October 17, 2018
These have been the worst 20 minutes of my life
pic.twitter.com/Pwea6GRTjr
— Charizard Freak
(@CharizardFreak) October 17, 2018
And finally…
Who needs @YouTube when you have @Pornhub?
— FOREVER ANTi kPOP (@TiTanWax) October 17, 2018
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