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YouTube Has Manually Reviewed Over 1 Million Videos for Terrorist Content Since June

YouTube provided 'large volumes of training examples' to its review teams

Close up of young businessman searching the mobile phone — More than 83 percent of videos YouTube removed for violent extremism in the past month were pulled before they received a single flagNastco/iStock

YouTube has manually reviewed more than 1 million videos for terrorist content and violent extremism since announcing steps in June to thwart this type of content.

The four steps announced by general counsel Kent Walker in June were:

Increasing use of technology to help identify extremist and terrorism-related videos.
“Greatly” increasing the number of independent experts in YouTube’s Trusted Flagger program.
Taking a tougher stance on videos that may not clearly violate YouTube’s policies.
Expanding YouTube’s role in counter-radicalization efforts.