as people in the UK resort to working from home and self-isolation, while other parts of Europe are subject to lockdowns.
The scheme to ease the strain on providers has come from the European commissioner for internal market and services, Thierry Breton, who urged platforms to help infrastructure handle any potential usage increase.said it expects its limit - which will last for 30 days - to cut network traffic by around 25 per cent.
YouTube said its scheme will see video quality limited to standard definition, also for a period of 30 days. The company said it had so far seen little change in the peaks for usage, instead mostly seeing changes in usage patterns with more people at home, with usage expanding across longer hours. "People are coming to YouTube to find authoritative news, learning content and make connections during these uncertain times," a spokeswoman for the video platform said.