{"id":58697,"date":"2024-01-01T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=58697"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"authorities-block-youtube-during-opposition-leaders-new-years-address","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/58697\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities block YouTube during opposition leader&#8217;s New Year\u2019s address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/youtube-logo-20231231-2-e1704100795146.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com \/ Peggy &amp; Marco Lachmann-Anke)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian authorities briefly blocked YouTube before midnight on December 31 as the opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja was about to address Belarusians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People across the country experienced difficulties accessing YouTube without a VPN, sources told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician&#8217;s address was broadcast on December 31 at 11:50 pm coinciding with Alaksandar\u00a0\u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 1, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities briefly blocked YouTube before midnight on December 31 as the opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja was about to address Belarusians. People across the country experienced difficulties accessing YouTube without a VPN, sources told Pozirk. The politician&#8217;s address was broadcast on December 31 at 11:50 pm coinciding with Alaksandar\u00a0\u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-58697","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Authorities block YouTube during opposition leader&#039;s New Year\u2019s address | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 1, Pozirk. 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