Feb 17 (Reuters) - ⁠YouTube said on Tuesday it ⁠has resolved an issue that briefly ‌affected access to the video-sharing platform, after outage-tracking website Downdetector reported widespread global disruptions. YouTube ​said that an issue ⁠with its recommendation ⁠system had prevented videos from appearing ⁠across ‌YouTube surfaces. "The issue with our recommendations system has been ⁠resolved, and all of our platforms (YouTube.com, ​the ‌YouTube app, YouTube Music, Kids, and ⁠TV) ​are back to normal," YouTube said in an update. YouTube also faced outages in countries ​including India, Britain, Australia, ⁠and Mexico, according to DownDetector. (Reporting by ​Fabiola Arámburo in ‌Mexico City and Devika ​Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona and Rashmi Aich)

Source: The Star February 18, 2026 12:15 UTC