YouTube takes down 1.9 million videos in India between Jan to March 2023

YouTube has removed over 1.9 million videos between January and March 2023 in India for violating the company’s community guidelines. This marks the highest removals among nations, according to a report released by the popular video streaming platform. During the same period, globally, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos for violating community guidelines.  

The Community Guidelines Enforcement report provides global data on the flags YouTube receives and how YouTube enforces policies. 

While between January and March 2023, over 1.9 million videos were removed for violating YouTube's Community Guidelines in India, in comparison only 6,54,968 videos were removed in the US. Russia saw 4,91,933 videos removed while in Brazil 4,49,759 videos were taken down. 

"Since the earliest days as a company, our Community Guidelines have protected the YouTube community from harmful content. We enforce our policies using a combination of machine learning and human reviewers," YouTube said. 

Over the years, YouTube has invested heavily in the policies and products needed to protect the community.  

Today, the vast majority of creators upload content in good faith and don't violate policies, it said adding "we believe educational efforts are successful at reducing the number of creators who unintentionally violate our policies". 

Citing the findings of the Community Guidelines Enforcement report on the video removals, it said more than 93 per cent of these videos were first flagged by machines rather than humans.