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YouTube, other Google services down due to eastern US congestion

YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite services are affected, but Google said it believes it has identified the cause.

Credit: AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File

This Nov. 1, 2018, file photo shows a photo of the Google logo at their offices in Granary Sqaure, London. Google says it has updated the way it investigates misconduct claims, changes it pledged to make after thousands of employees walked out in protest last November. The company says the changes make it simpler for employees to file complaints about sexual misconduct or other harassment.

Google is saying users of YouTube and other services are seeing errors or slow performance due to high levels of network congestions in the eastern United States.

YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite services are affected, but Google said it believes it has identified the cause of the congestion and expects to return to normal service shortly. The company first identified the issue on its Google Cloud status dashboard at 3:25 p.m. Eastern time.

The sound of millions of cat videos being suddenly silenced reverberated across the internet, and #YouTubeDOWN was a trending topic on Twitter.