100,000+ type of Videos can NO longer be Watched on YouTube

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In a recent announcement, YouTube said that more than 100,000 videos and 17,000+ channels have been removed from the video site owing to the violation of hate speech policies. The removal happened between April and June 2019 and the numbers are unbelievably 5 times higher than the first three months of this year. Additionally, 500 million comments have also been removed from the world's biggest video marketing site.

100,000+ type of Videos can NO longer be Watched on YouTube

The breaking decision has been taken by YouTube against the hate speeches relating to religion, caste, gender and colour. In a detailed statement, Google states that "It is not easy to be open-hearted. Sometimes it hurts people or becomes controversial. Therefore only the consolidation of collective thoughts can make a society stronger, though we do not agree to some of the thoughts"

Overall, YouTube has removed more than 9 million videos and more than 4 million channels in the second quarter of this year. Statistically, 66% of the videos along with 90% of channels were removed for spreading spam or misleading content and 1.2% of videos along with 0.4% of channels were removed for hate speech violations. In fact, 80% of videos that violated YouTube policies were removed before receiving a single view itself.

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