How Much Progress Is YouTube Making in Its Fight Against Terrorist Content?
More than 75 percent of videos YouTube took down were removed before being reported by users
YouTube announced a four-step approach to stamping out terrorist content in June, and Tuesday, the Google-owned video site provided an update on its efforts Tuesday.
The four steps, along with progress updates from YouTube, follow:
- Increasing use of technology to help identify extremist and terrorism-related videos: YouTube said it began developing and implementing “cutting-edge machine learning technology” to help identify and remove violent extremism and terrorism-related content, and more than 75 percent of the videos it removed were taken down before even being reported by users.
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