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YouTube Removes More Than 17 Lakh Videos in India in Q3 2022 for Violating Community Guidelines

YouTube Removes More Than 17 Lakh Videos in India in Q3 2022 for Violating Community Guidelines

YouTube says it removed more than 56 lakh videos for violating community guidelines globally

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 30 November 2022 13:57 IST

YouTube Removes More Than 17 Lakh Videos in India in Q3 2022 for Violating Community Guidelines

YouTube removed over 73.7 crore comments from the platform for violation of the guidelines

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1 percent comments were removed after they were flagged by users
36 percent of videos were removed before they received a single view
31 percent videos received between 1 and 10 views before the removal

YouTube has removed over 17 lakh videos uploaded from India during the July-September quarter for violating the company's community guidelines, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. "Between July and September 2022, in India over 1.7 million videos were removed for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines," YouTube said in the Community Guidelines Enforcement report for the third quarter of 2022.

Globally, YouTube removed over 56 lakh videos for violating community guidelines.

"Of the videos detected by machines, 36 percent were removed before they received a single view, and 31 percent received between 1 and 10 views before removal," the report said.

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The video hosting platform removed over 73.7 crore comments from the platform for violation of the guidelines, the report said.

YouTube data shows 99 percent of the comments were removed after they were flagged by its automated system and only 1 percent were removed after they were flagged by its users.

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