YouTube Removed Millions of Spam Channels and Videos, Says Creators Could See … – The Wrap

YouTube removed tens of millions of videos and accounts during the third quarter, mostly for violating its policy against spam content, according to a report released by the video giant on Thursday. From July to September, 1.67 million channels —  with 50.2 million combined videos — were kicked off YouTube for violating its rules. Nearly 80 percent of the purged channels were taken down for sharing spam content, according to YouTube’s report; 12.6 percent were removed for nudity or adult content, and another 4.5 percent were taken down for child safety. On top of that, another 7.85 million videos were jettisoned for individually violating YouTube’s terms of service. Altogether, YouTube erased 224 million comments during the quarter, mostly for posting spam. Also Read: Google CEO Explains Why Trump’s Photo Appears When You Search ‘Idiot’ Separately, YouTube tweeted on Thursday that creators could see a “noticeable” drop in subscribers by the end of Friday, after identifying an issue that failed to remove spam subscribers. The Google-owned company said creators will get a notification on spam subscribers that are deleted from their channels. The Thursday report came only days after Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before Congress — where Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-MD), pressed…
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