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Viber, YouTube Users in Some Countries Report Failure of Services

Users of the Viber messenger have reported problems with access for the second day in a row after the blocking of another popular messenger.
Sputnik

According to the Downdetector service, the failure has affected the majority of users from several Russian cities, with 56% of them complaining about a lack of connection, 33% unable to send messages and another 9% experience problems with the status display..

According to the service, the failure occurred on Tuesday at about 17:00 Moscow time, but reports of problems had been received the preceding night, as the messenger stopped connecting calls, but the problem was later resolved.

The Downdetector service reports that 55% of users from Russia complain that YouTube has not been functioning, 26% can’t watch the videos and 17% can’t log in.

"YouTube has been having issues since 11:51 EST (18:51 MSK)," a message from the service which tracks the work of popular Internet resources, said.

Youtube outage map

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Previously, users had reported a malfunction in the Twitter network, but by Tuesday evening the company announced it was troubleshooting.

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