According to Sboy.rf and Brand Analytics, on the morning of August 8, Russian users complained en masse about problems with YouTube. They noted that the site and application were not working.
As Kommersant writes, Roskomnadzor, in addition to sending out a demand to various portals to remove guides on how to bypass YouTube slowdowns and blocking, also demanded that telecom operators provide data on IP addresses and the actual location of Google servers. According to experts, this information will allow Roskomnadzor to limit the video hosting site’s traffic much more effectively.
According to information received from a Kommersant source, operators in the telecommunications market began blocking traffic from Google caching servers to subscribers of their networks on the morning of August 8.
It appears that rumors of YouTube slowdowns ending soon were false.
