YouTube is up again after a sitewide issue prevented videos from loading, the company confirmed Wednesday( youtube videos working again), but did not provide details about what caused the problem.
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The outage lasted more than two hours after users began reporting issues slightly before 7 p.m. EST., according to DownDetector.
While the YouTube website was working again , videos were stuck on a black screen with a white loading circle.
Users flocked to Twitter Wednesday night to voice their frustrations at the outage, resulting in the trending hashtag #YouTubeDOWN and plenty of jokes about the situation.
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In a tweet, YouTube said, …And we’re back—we’re so sorry for the interruption. This is fixed across all devices & YouTube services, thanks for being patient with us.”
The company did not provide details about what caused the outage.