Event Brief
YouTube Outage Affects Thousands of Users Worldwide
Filed: Feb 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM ET
Summary: YouTube experienced a major outage late Tuesday, impacting users globally.
WHO: YouTube
WHAT: widespread outage
WHEN: Feb 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM ET
WHERE: Location not specified
WHY: issues with recommendations system
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