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Reports of a YouTube outage this morning largely traced back to ad blockers, as users who saw mostly blank pages found the site worked again in browsers without them. A DownDetector spike initially suggested a partial platform failure, but widespread accounts point to blockers as the common thread, though it is not certain they were the sole cause. Similar ad blocker related slowdowns and view count drops have appeared over the past year. Separately, a YouTube Shorts glitch hid comments, likes, and descriptions overnight, hinting at a platform side issue that appears resolved.

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This 60-second summary was prepared by the JQJO editorial team after reviewing 1 original report from 9to5Google.