YouTube struggling to get back online after global outage

Social media giants YouTube is struggling to get back online after a global outage.

The site has been down since approximately 6 p.m. on Tuesday and YouTube minders have issued a statement.

“Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues,” a YouTube statement said. “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.”

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The company has since issued a statement saying YouTube is back. It’s been confirmed it’s working normally on desktop and mobile. What’s missing is an explanation for what exactly happened to cause the outage.

The problem came just hours after Twitter started sending out notifications to many of its users, though that’s now been sorted out. Indeed, Twitter was the very place where YouTube fans headed to sound off about the outage.

 

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