YouTube removed nearly 3.75 million videos from its platform in Q4 2021, according to a BanklessTimes.com analysis. India alone accounted for 1.2 million videos or 30% of those condemned.
India’s 1,197,490 banned videos are the largest from a single country. Their banning follows on the heels of the country enacting stringent social media laws. BanklessTimes’ CEO Jonathan Merry has had his take on the developments, & said in this post that this was ot surprising at all considering the wide-ranging social media laws that the country ratified in early 2021. These compel all social platforms to comply with government regulations to pull down prohibited content.
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