YouTube Down and Inaccessible, Including Impact on Indonesia

YouTube was reported to have experienced a global outage on 17 February. More than 320,000 users lodged complaints on DownDetector in the United States alone. “Seems like YouTube is down everywhere,” was the widespread sentiment expressed online.

The disruption also had an impact on Indonesia, where YouTube is one of the most widely used digital platforms for entertainment, education, and business purposes.