YouTube, owned by the world’s largest search engine giant Google, has removed nearly 2.5 million videos from the platform in a shock over allegations of violation of rules. YouTube has deleted those videos uploaded from India following the guidelines. At the same time, 9 million videos were removed worldwide.
At certain intervals, YouTube deletes videos for violating the organization’s community guidelines or rules.
According to the published report, between October and December 2023, 2.25 million videos uploaded from India have been removed. Which is the highest among 30 countries. After India, 1,243,871 videos uploaded from Singapore were removed. America is third. 7 lakh 88 thousand 354 videos of that country have been deleted. Among the 30 countries, the least 41 thousand 176 videos were removed from Iraq.
According to YouTube’s detailed report, YouTube deleted 9 million videos worldwide in the last quarter of 2023. In addition, more than 20 million YouTube channels have been banned at the same time for spreading misinformation and images, cheating, and other illegal inducements. The largest video sharing platform also deleted 10 million comments for obscenity.