AI's Sharp Blade... YouTube Deletes 5.3 Million Videos in Q3

Violation content at 0.1% level
94.5% of deleted content automatically detected through machine learning

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jung-wan] YouTube has reiterated its position that it applies the same content policies globally.

According to the IT industry on the 2nd, Matt Halprin, Vice President of Global Trust and Safety at YouTube, stated at a virtual roundtable held on the 29th of last month, "While it is not perfect for everyone, we apply the same community guidelines worldwide to ensure consistent judgment."

Since its launch in 2006, YouTube has created and operated its own user protection guidelines called "Community Guidelines," based on the so-called 4R (Remove·Reduce·Raise·Reward) principles. After internal review by YouTube’s Trust and Safety team, new policy standards are established and then verified by thousands of "content reviewers" around the world.

YouTube explained that after verification through cooperative relationships with governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, and experts, the management review is applied to actual services. Vice President Halprin emphasized, "Community Guidelines deal with 'language' and 'expression' and have characteristics that change over time," adding, "Most of YouTube’s response efforts are focused on the future."

In the third quarter of this year, YouTube removed 5,603,794 videos for policy violations. Among these, there were about 271,000 appeals, of which approximately 29,000 were reinstated. The proportion of views on content violating policies was only 0.10?0.11%. Of the removed content, 94.5% (5,296,959 cases) were automatically detected through machine learning.

YouTube explained that it improves the accuracy of machine learning models based on feedback from content reviewers through a "collaborative approach," and identifies policy-violating content by considering subtle contextual differences. However, Jennifer Flannery O’Connor, Vice President of Product Management at YouTube, said, "This does not mean that all offensive content on YouTube will be removed," adding, "We believe that open discussion and freedom of expression lead to better social outcomes."

She further explained, "We never set policy standards based on a single video," and "We decide by considering the impact on all videos, including those that will be removed and those that will remain, due to new guidelines."

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