YouTube Has Removed 8.3 Million Videos During Last 9 Months of 2017
Posted by AZEEM ULLAH
After a rough year, YouTube has been forced to take a bunch of preemptive measures to change how the service is perceived.
In a first for the company, YouTube is detailing the processes it undertakes to remove harmful/objectionable videos, in its first-ever quarterly moderation report. According to this report, the site removed 8.3 million videos in the last three quarters of 2017.
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While it hires experts to deal with the matter, 80% of the videos or 6.7 million videos to be exact, were removed by machines. 76% of these videos were removed before a single view was registered.
Most of the deleted content came from spam networks as they uploaded adult content violating the terms and conditions of the website.
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It still hires “full-time specialists with expertise in violent extremism, counter-terrorism, and human rights”, while also increasing the number of the regional experts it hires on the issue. YouTube already had planned previously to increase the number of full-time moderators of the site to 10,000.
Normal users flag 95% of the remaining videos that haven’t been caught the automated moderator yet, though, they have a success rate of 5%. Finally, there are trusted flaggers, the people who review the remaining 5% of the videos. Their success rate is higher at 14%.
Good Enough?
It’s still unknown whether the steps taken would be enough to combat the negativity getting the spotlight in recent times. The site also has had some issue with its biggest content creators having trouble facing adhering to the recommended ethics, which is a situation YouTube still has yet to properly address.
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