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Google Services Disrupted Worldwide as Search and YouTube Go Down

Outage trackers show hundreds of reports, with regulators in Turkey requesting a technical explanation.

Overview

  • Downdetector logged more than 404 complaints and indicated the disruption began around 12:45 pm, based on user reports.
  • Roughly 52% of reports cited problems with Google Search, about 35% described difficulty accessing websites, and 13% noted other issues.
  • Users in the UK, US and across Europe reported problems, with YouTube outages concentrated in Turkey and email disruptions noted in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece.
  • People reported 5xx server errors as Google Maps failed to load data or calculate routes and Google Drive blocked access to documents.
  • Google had not commented at the time of reporting, Google Cloud’s status page showed no incidents, and Turkey’s deputy transport minister said a technical report had been requested from Google.