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YouTube down in parts of Europe – reports Panic online as YouTube suffers brief outage in parts of Europe
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Popular video-sharing website YouTube is down for many users across parts of Europe, according to online outage reports. Video-sharing website YouTube briefly went down for many users across parts of Europe on Tuesday, according to online outage reports, prompting panicked social media messages from disappointed users.
Disruption to the website is being felt in areas including the UK, France and Germany, reports Down Detector. Disruption to the website was felt in areas including Ireland, the UK, France and Germany, reported Down Detector. 
An error message has appeared on the YouTube site accompanied by a cartoon monkey with a hammer. An error message appeared on the YouTube site during its disruption, accompanied by a cartoon monkey with a hammer. 
“Sorry, something went wrong. A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. If you see them, send them this information as text (screenshots frighten them),” the message reads, alongside a paragraph of code. “Sorry, something went wrong. A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. If you see them, send them this information as text (screenshots frighten them),” the message read, alongside a paragraph of code.
Youtube has yet to comment on the reasons for the outage. The blackout has seen many users react with messages of frustration online. Others, meanwhile, poked fun at the sudden service failure.  Youtube has since fixed the server error, which saw many users react with messages of frustration on Twitter. 
While some were clearly annoyed at the outage, others, meanwhile, poked fun at the brief but sudden service failure.
Earlier this month, the video-sharing site reported issues with editing clips.Earlier this month, the video-sharing site reported issues with editing clips.