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YouTube down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

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Dec ‌19 : Google's YouTube was down for thousands of users globally on Friday, according to Downdetector.com.

There were more than 7,600 reports of ‌issues with the ‌streaming platform as of 08:27 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from ‍a number of sources.

Outage reports exceeded 1,300 in Canada as of 8:29 a.m. ET; and ​more than ‌3,000 in the UK of 8:30 a.m. ET.

YouTube ​did not immediately respond to a ⁠Reuters request ‌for comment.

The actual number ​of affected users may differ from what's shown on ‍Downdetector because these reports are ⁠user-submitted.

Source: Reuters

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