MOSCOW, August 9 Avito is actively checking and blocking fake ads to speed up video loading on YouTube, the company reported.
Avito is removing all ads that promise to speed up YouTube for money and sending them for additional verification of compliance with the company's content policy and security rules, the company said.
After video hosting stopped working on Russians' computers on Thursday afternoon, proposals to speed up the service began to appear on various sites.
On Thursday afternoon, video hosting stopped working on Russians' computers: when they try to go to the site, the browser notifies user about no connection.
Earlier, Rostelecom reported technical problems in the operation of equipment belonging to Google, which could affect the download speed and playback quality of videos on YouTube for subscribers of all Russian operators. In turn, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov reported that the authorities have no plans to restrict access to the platform in the Russian Federation.
Later, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, stated that YouTube loading speed on computers could drop by 70%. He noted that this measure would not affect mobile communications for now.