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Putin blames YouTube for slowing speeds in Russia

Dec 19, 2024 4:22 AM

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir

Putin on Thursday blamed Alphabet's YouTube for

slowing speeds on the video hosting platform in Russia and said

Google must comply with Russian law if it wants to continue

operating in Russia.

Critics believe YouTube is being deliberately disrupted by

the authorities to prevent Russians from viewing content there

that is critical of Putin and his government.

Russia denies that, saying the issues are caused by

Google's failure to upgrade equipment - a charge disputed by the

company and technology experts.

Russian internet monitoring services have reported mass

outages of the online video hosting service in the last few

months, but communications regulator Roskomnadzor denies

blocking YouTube traffic.

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