YouTube is deliberately slowing video loading for users with ad blockers enabled, in what appears to be an escalation in Google's campaign against ad-blocking ...

The disruption, which began affecting users worldwide, impacted YouTube's main platform, as well as YouTube TV and YouTube Music, sparking widespread reports of "playback errors" and loading issues.

Disney's senior leadership have blasted YouTube TV and Google after the two sides failed to reach a new carriage agreement on Thursday evening ahead of a midnight contract expiration, arguing the tech giant is "not interested in achieving a fair deal.