# Have links to YouTube been disabled?

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**Created:** [April 1, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958 "2023-04-01T01:35:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/1 "2023-04-01T01:35:29Z")

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I just tried posting a couple of YouTube links in

> [@Just in case you haven't had enough bagpipes in your life lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705):
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> [[Drum Majors flourish during Huntly Pipe Band's 70th anniversary parade , Scotland, Sept' 2018] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrRRt4GWfFM) I’m Scottish, or descended from Scotland at least. I love this stuff.

and got the message

> An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post.

What’s going on?

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