YouTube may be blocked in russia starting in September, and restrictions on its operation have already begun
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russians have been warned about possible malfunctions of the YouTube video hosting service, and the russian media are already talking about a complete blocking of the hosting service in September this year.
In September, russia plans to finally block YouTube video hosting. This is reported by the russian newspaper gazeta.ru, citing a source close to the putin administration, UNN reports with reference to Medusa.
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In September, the russian authorities plan to permanently block YouTube. However, in the summer, YouTube will begin to degrade in different regions of russia: videos will slow down and the app will become incorrect.
Already today, on July 12, rostelecom warned russians that YouTube may experience malfunctions, allegedly due to worn-out Google Global Cache equipment. And while the authorities claimed "technical problems with equipment owned by Google and used on the operator's network infrastructure and peer-to-peer connections," Medusa's sources see signs of deliberate slowdowns on YouTube's part.
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In March 2022, a russian court recognized Meta as an extremist organization and banned the social networks Facebook and Instagram owned by it. And then there were rumors that the country was planning to block YouTube.
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In early July, YouTube shut down the accounts of several well-known russian artists, including polina gagarina, oleg gazmanov, grigory leps, yulia chicherina, vyacheslav manucharov, and shaman, due to their inclusion on the EU sanctions list.
