- By Ashish Singh
- Wed, 30 Aug 2023 03:06 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
YouTube, a popular video streaming platform, that has been on the roadmap of changing a slew of new features, has shockingly removed over 1.9 million videos from the India platform between January and March 2023. The Google-owned platform announced that these videos were violating the platform’s Community Guidelines.
YouTube has taken down over 6.48 million videos globally due to rule violations. In the same time frame, the company deleted more than 8.7 million channels that had been banned for breaking YouTube's spam policies, which included but weren't limited to scams, misleading metadata or thumbnails, along with spammy video and comments.
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Additionally, it deleted over 853 million comments, the majority of which were spam. The majority (more than 99 per cent) of deleted comments were found automatically.
"We have invested extensively in the rules and products required to secure the YouTube community over the years. Today, the vast majority of content producers upload content in good faith and do not violate our standards, and we believe educational efforts are beneficial in lowering the number of content creators who unknowingly violate our policies," YouTube said on Wednesday.
Over 93 per cent of the videos that YouTube removed, according to the company, were initially flagged by machines rather than people.
Over 69 per cent of the illegal videos that were first discovered by machines received fewer than 10 views before they were taken down from YouTube. Of the videos that were detected by machines, 31 per cent received between one and 10 views before removal, and 38 per cent were taken down before receiving a single view.
As of 2019, YouTube began issuing a single warning for a first policy infraction, allowing creators to reflect on their mistakes before further sanctions were imposed. Because of this, more than 80 per cent of creators who receive a warning no longer transgress the company's rules.
Additionally, the company has launched an 'educational training course' for creators to maintain the rules and procedures that safeguard the YouTube community.