YouTube, Gmail services crash globally; netizens say 'Looks like they have rejected humanity'

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New Delhi: The online video-sharing platform YouTube and the free email service developed by Google, Gmail, services crashed for users globally on Monday (December 14, 2020) afternoon, resulting in netizens bringing in their memes.

One of the netizens said, "Looks like they have rejected humanity," after YouTube browser showed a monkey with a message "Something went wrong..."

uh oh, it looks like @YouTube has rejected humanity. #YouTube #YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/9cXV4Gknu0

— Seanius (@beilude) December 14, 2020

Youtube is behaving like a monkey. See for yourself 
What's up @YouTubeIndia#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/Xm1L731CUu — Ahmed (@Secular786) December 14, 2020

*WENT STRAIGHT TO TWITTER*
#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/GX3EmRwTyz — bee cool  ̖́- (@deymtubbo) December 14, 2020

The day came. When you can’t even google what happened with google.

It’s still 2020.#googledown #YouTubeDOWN #gmaildown pic.twitter.com/3nDDCfPS6X

— Only Fans Designer (@onlyfandesigner) December 14, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN, #Gmail and #googledown were all trending on Twitter.





YouTube also took note of the situation and said, "We are aware that many of you are having issues accessing YouTube right now – our team is aware and looking into it."

We are aware that many of you are having issues accessing YouTube right now – our team is aware and looking into it. We'll update you here as soon as we have more news. — TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) December 14, 2020

The services reportedly went down around 5 PM IST and haven't been restored till 5:50 PM.

Google Play Store and Google Docs were also down. The services were however restored in over an hour.