# Is YouTube down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583 "2009-06-12T18:58:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583/1 "2009-06-12T18:58:26Z")

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Try playing a video…

Is it working for you?

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583/2 "2009-06-12T19:02:32Z")

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In a quick check, no it’s not working.

Though it was working just half an hour ago.

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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583/3 "2009-06-12T19:27:05Z")

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Tried a little while ago–the first one took forever, and now it doesn’t work at all.

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**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583/4 "2009-06-12T19:41:00Z")

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I got a ‘502 server error’ when I tried to go there say 5 minutes go. I reloaded the page just now and it came up.

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**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-youtube-down/499583/5 "2009-06-13T06:11:03Z")

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Probably to do with this:

> **[BBC News - Pornographic videos flood YouTube](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8061979.stm)**
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> Video sharing website YouTube removes hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded.