President Vladimir Putin is looking into slow speeds and disruptions on YouTube in Russia after the country's top cinema official raised the matter with him.
Critics believe YouTube is being deliberately disrupted by the authorities to prevent Russians from viewing a mass of content there that is critical of Putin and his government.
Russian internet monitoring services have reported mass outages of the online video hosting service, which is owned by Alphabet's Google, in the last few months, regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday said it was not registering any changes in the quality of YouTube's service.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the speed issue was linked to Google's failure to comply with Russian law and that technical questions should be addressed to Roskomnadzor.
"We are aware of reports of some people not being able to access YouTube in Russia," a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. "That is not as a result of any technical issues on our side or action taken b
Critics believe YouTube is being deliberately disrupted by the authorities to prevent Russians from viewing a mass of content there that is critical of Putin and his government.
Russian internet monitoring services have reported mass outages of the online video hosting service, which is owned by Alphabet's Google, in the last few months, regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday said it was not registering any changes in the quality of YouTube's service.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the speed issue was linked to Google's failure to comply with Russian law and that technical questions should be addressed to Roskomnadzor.
"We are aware of reports of some people not being able to access YouTube in Russia," a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. "That is not as a result of any technical issues on our side or action taken b
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