On August 8, Russian residents were no longer able to access the popular video-sharing platform YouTube.
Users took to social media to complain about a complete shutdown of the video hosting service, as they were denied access on both computers and mobile devices.
According to monitoring services Downdetector.su and Failure Detector, as well as The Moscow Times, users attempting to access YouTube in Russia are encountering messages indicating a lack of connection.
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The issue affects both the website version and the mobile application, leaving many unable to stream their favorite content or access their accounts.
As of now, the Sboy.rf service has registered over 5,000 complaints about the service disruption.
Reports are coming in from various regions across Russia, including major cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Saratov, Samara, Krasnodar, and the occupied Crimea.
This disruption follows recent actions by Russian authorities, who have mandated that all major telecommunications operators in the country slow down YouTube's video playback speed to 128 kilobits per second.
