YouTube has begun to slow down in Russia. Video download speeds will drop by 40% by the end of this week and by 70% by the end of next week. The measure is related to the “anti-Russian” video hosting policy, the State Duma stressed.
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By the end of this week, YouTube’s video loading speed will be reduced by 40%, and by the end of next week – by 70%. State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein announced the start of a slowdown on YouTube in Russia.
Rostelecom previously reported that its customers began to complain about the slow and unstable operation of YouTube in Russia. This is due not only to the actions of the Russian authorities, but also to YouTube’s “disregard” for its root infrastructure, Khinshtein noted.
“Everything that is happening is a consequence of the anti-Russian hosting policy, which systematically removes the channels of our public figures (bloggers, journalists, artists), whose position differs from the Western point of view,” the MP stressed.
Khinshtein added that the slowdown applies only to the desktop version of YouTube; the measure will not yet affect mobile communications.
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Source: RB
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