YouTube Takes Down Over 1.5 Million Videos in India
YouTube has removed more than 1.9 million videos from its platform in India between January and March 2023 for violating the “YouTube Community Guidelines”. Globally, the video streaming giant removed more than 6.48 million videos for policy violations.
During the same period, the company removed more than 8.7 million channels that were suspended for violating YouTube’s spam policies, including but not limited to scams, misleading metadata or thumbnails, and video and comment spam.
It also removed more than 853 million comments, most of which were spam. More than 99 percent of deleted comments were detected automatically.
“Over the years, we’ve invested heavily in the policies and products needed to protect the YouTube community. Today, the majority of creators upload content in good faith and do not violate our policies, and we believe that educational efforts will help reduce the number of creators who unintentionally violate our policies,” YouTube said Wednesday.
According to the company, more than 93 percent of videos removed by YouTube were first reported by machines, not people.
Of the videos detected by the machines, 38 percent were removed before they received a single view, and 31 percent received between one and 10 views before being removed, meaning that more than 69 percent of the offending videos detected by the machines received less than 10 views. before they were removed from YouTube.
In 2019, YouTube began issuing one-time warnings for the first violation, allowing creators to review what went wrong before facing further penalties.
As a result, more than 80 percent of creators who receive a warning never violate company policies again.
Additionally, to maintain the policies and systems that protect the YouTube community, the company has implemented a “training course” for content creators.
“Starting today, creators will have the opportunity to take a training course when they receive a Community Guidelines warning. These resources will provide creators with new ways to understand how to avoid uploading content that violates our policies in the future,” YouTube said.
