YouTube removed 29 lakh videos in India!
The company has taken strict action against videos violating YouTube policies. The company has said in a report that between october and december last year, 29 lakh videos violating YouTube's community guidelines have been removed from the platform. This is the largest number of videos removed in any country in the world.
Most videos being removed in india since 2020
32 percent more videos have been deleted from october to december as compared to the previous quarter. Let us tell you that since 2020, YouTube has been deleting the most videos from its platform in India. After india comes Brazil. YouTube said that its automated content moderation tool identifies videos that violate the rules. 99.7 percent of the videos violating the rules have been flagged by this tool.
Videos removed for these reasons
Along with india, YouTube has removed videos violating the rules from its platform from other countries of the world. Of these, 81.7 percent videos were removed due to being scams, misleading and spam. Similarly, 6.6 percent videos were removed due to harassment, 5.9 for child safety, 3.7 percent for being violent. Along with removing these videos, the company has also terminated about 48 lakh channels between october and December. Apart from this, 130 crore comments violating the policy have also been deleted.
Videos promoting gambling will also be deleted
Recently, google, the company that owns YouTube, has changed its policy. Now the company will take strict action against creators promoting online gambling sites and apps. The channels of such creators can also be closed. Along with this, the company will also block the accounts of those creators who show the logo or link of gambling services unapproved by google in their content.
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