{"id":64573,"date":"2026-02-17T20:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=64573"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:20:37","slug":"youtube-and-youtube-tv-hit-by-widespread-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/youtube-and-youtube-tv-hit-by-widespread-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube and YouTube TV hit by widespread outage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>YouTube has been experiencing widespread issues across multiple countries, with DownDetector showing a surge in user reports beginning at 8:04 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DownDetector has logged more than 300,000 reports in the United States alone indicating problems with the video platform. Additional reports are also coming in from users in multiple countries worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users have reported that the homepage is not loading. 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