Yes, YouTube is down, please don't call police

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Latest update: YouTube is back up

Yes, YouTube was down. We're not responsible. Neither is the police.

Google-owned video streaming platform's worldwide outage sparked a flurry of comments on social media, even prompting police departments to tweet.

"Yes, our @YouTube is down, too. No, please don't call 911 - we can't fix it,” tweeted the Philadelphia Police.

Yes, our @YouTube is down, too. No, please don't call 911 - we can't fix it.

— Philadelphia Police (@PhillyPolice) October 17, 2018

New Zealand Police also tweeted, “While it is extremely annoying, @YouTube being down is not a police matter #YouTubeDOWN”

While it is extremely annoying, @YouTube being down is not a police matter #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/k6OuWth6Xj

— New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) October 17, 2018

Thousands took to social media to report about the error messages and video streaming issues. 

Twitter exploded with hilarious messages, some truly genius. 

Youtube is down. Do not call the police (or the news stations. We're aware)

— Damon Lane (@KOCOdamonlane) October 17, 2018

When #YouTube is down and you just go outside after a while pic.twitter.com/blrGDymEtE

— Danielle Tzeva (@DanielleTzeva) October 17, 2018

Me looking at my homework realizing I have to do it now because YouTube is down #YouTubeDOWN #YouTube pic.twitter.com/P5SH6TaQPv

— Dasme (@Destiny1350) October 17, 2018

Meanwhile.... at Google.

Engineers be like....#Youtube#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/ldSzMl8esU

— Colt Sebastian Taylor (@ColtSTaylor) October 17, 2018

Reasons why #YouTubeDOWN (according to Twitter):
-The FBI is temporarily seizing the website because of child porn presence.
-Pakistan fried the servers while trying to block YouTube from its country.
-YouTube crashed via a DDoS attack by an unknown entity.

— TheAnonJournal (@TAPAlerts) October 17, 2018

YouTube posted a message on their Twitter handle: "Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We're working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated. 

The website was restored by 8:15 am IST. The company is yet to issue a statement on the reason behind the massive outage.