Thousands experience Netflix livestream crashes during Tyson-Paul fight

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Thousands of Netflix users experienced livestream crashes during the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight on Friday night. Over 500,000 outage reports were logged on Downdetector, with many viewers unable to load the stream. The hashtag #NetflixCrash trended on social media as frustrated fans shared videos of frozen screens. The livestream began at 10 p.m. Eastern time, coinciding with the fight's start. Netflix has not commented on the issue. Jake Paul suggested the high viewership may have caused the crash, but the exact reason remains unclear.


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