YouTube removes 2.25 mn videos in India over rules, most for any country

YouTube said on Tuesday it removed 2.25 million user-generated videos in India between October and December 2023 for violating its community guidelines, making the country the top in a list for such action.

Globally, the company removed 9 million videos in the same period. As many as 96 per cent of the videos were first flagged by machines rather than humans, according to YouTube’s Community Guidelines Enforcement Report.

As many as 53.46 per cent of the videos were removed before they received a single view and 27.07 per cent got between one and 10 views. The volume of videos flagged by machines has surged compared to those marked out by users, government agencies and organisations.