YouTube deleted 8 million videos!

The Dhaka Times Desk YouTube, the most popular video sharing site in the Internet world, has deleted 8 million videos of its members!

YouTube is a very popular video sharing site in today's internet world. YouTube Video has been providing members with the facility to upload, view and share videos. This site also has many essential facilities like video review, opinion giving etc.

সম্প্রতি নির্ধারিত কমিউনিটি নীতিমালা না মানায় ইউটিউব কর্তৃক ৩ মাসে ৮৩ লাখ ভিডিও মুছে ফেলেছে। গত বছরের অক্টোবর হতে ডিসেম্বর এই ৩ মাসে কিছু ভিডিও নিয়ে অনেক অভিযোগ আসার পর ইউটিউব কর্তৃপক্ষ এমন সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় বলে ত্রৈমাসিক ‘এনফোর্সমেন্ট প্রতিবেদন’ এ উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে।

YouTube authorities said they received 9.1 million requests to remove sexual videos in 3 months. On the other hand, about 47 lakh complaints of hate speech or insulting video posts were also received.

YouTube authorities said 6.7 million videos were flagged and sent to moderators. The videos were later deleted. But 76 percent of it was not seen by anyone other than the moderator.

According to YouTube authorities, special information about the videos is kept to track whether the removed videos are being re-uploaded.