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Multiple Google services and websites including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs have been hit with a widespread outage.

DownDetector indicates that the outage, which appears to be affecting Google’s business and personal services, started at around 6:40 AM ET in the case of Gmail.

As of this writing, Google is yet to officially acknowledge the issue, and the status page for its services is reporting that none are experiencing issues.

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However, reports are mounting on Twitter as users can’t access its basic services, with Gmail and the hashtag “#YouTubeDOWN” starting to trend.