YouTube is planned to be blocked in Russia in September of this year, a source close to the presidential administration told Gazeta.ru. This information is confirmed by a source in a company that collects data for law enforcement agencies.
YouTube’s performance will gradually deteriorate in July and August, and it will be blocked in September.
From July to August there will be some degradation, that is, in some regions the conditions of YouTube’s work will worsen. In some it will slow down, in some the site will lag, somewhere the application will fall off. And in September the delay will begin.
Source close to the AP
YouTube has started to slow down since today. Rostelecom reported that problems with the operation of Google equipment may affect the download speed and quality of the end of videos.
The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that YouTube does not plan to block it, “we are talking about problems with the equipment.” [Газета.ru]
Source: Iphones RU
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