YouTube removed 29 lakh videos in India, the most in the world, these are the reasons.

YouTube has deleted 29 lakh videos violating the rules from its platform in India. This number is the highest compared to any country.

The company has taken strict action against videos violating YouTube policies. The company has said in a report that between October and December last year, 29 lakh videos violating YouTube's community guidelines have been removed from the platform. This is the largest number of videos removed in any country in the world.

Most videos have been removed in India since 2020

32 percent more videos have been deleted from October to December as compared to the previous quarter. Let us tell you that since 2020, YouTube has been deleting most videos from its platform in India. After India comes to Brazil. YouTube said that its automated content moderation tool identifies videos that violate the rules. This tool has flagged 99.7 percent of videos violating the rules.

Videos removed for these reasons

Along with India, YouTube has removed videos violating the rules from its platform from other countries of the world. Of these, 81.7 percent of videos were removed due to being scams, misleading and spam. Similarly, 6.6 percent videos were removed due to harassment, 5.9 for child safety, 3.7 percent for being violent. Along with removing these videos, the company has also terminated about 48 lakh channels between October and December. Apart from this, 130 crore comments violating the policy have also been deleted.

Videos promoting gambling will also be deleted

Recently, Google, the company that owns YouTube, has changed its policy. Now the company will take strict action against creators promoting online gambling sites and apps. The channels of such creators can also be closed. Along with this, the company will also block the accounts of those creators who show the logo or link of gambling services unapproved by Google in their content.