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This chart shows the total number of accounts removed by Tiktok due to violation of its policy, from July 2020 until December 2021. The data shows that the total number of accounts removed in the last quarter of 2021 was more than five times higher than those removed in the same period of the previous year. Overall, the main reason of removal is the account's user age, with 63.8% account removed in the last quarter of 2021.

The chart presents the number of accounts suspended by Twitter, due to violations of its COVID-19 Misleading Information Policy, for the period July 2020 - April 2022. The report shows the efforts of Twitter to limit the spread of COVID-19 disinformation online and it is part of the European Commission's Code of Practice on Disinformation monitoring process.

The chart shows the per cent of change in the downloads of social apps in United States, from 05 to 10 January 2021. The article presents a short analysis of motives, trends and possible effects of policy changes of major social network platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp.

The chart shows the number of content actioned under child nudity and sexual exploatation violations on Facebook, from third quarter of 2018 until the first quarter of 2022. Since the April 2021, the Child Nudity and Sexual Exploitation content was renamed Child Endangerment, and includes two distinct topics - Nudity and Physical Abuse and Sexual Exploitations, which are monitored separately. The data from the second and third quarters of 2021 shows that volume of content actioned for sexual exploitation violations is significantly higher (ten times higher) than the content actioned for nudity and physical abuse. In the first quarter of 2022, the volume of content actioned for sexual exploitation violations decreased by 35.5% compared to the second quarter of 2021, but it remains significantly higher than the content actioned for nudity and physical abuse.

This chart shows the content actioned under their terrorism and organised hate violations on Facebook, from October 2017 until March 2022. The data shows that the volume of content actioned on under terrorism violations in the first quarter of 2022 almost doubled compared to the same period in the previous year. Content actioned under organised hate violations is more recent (from October 2019). The data shows a slight increase in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, but the volume remain significantly lower than the first quarter of 2021.

The chart shows the number pieces of content actioned under hate speech violations on Instagram over the period October 2019 - March 2022. The data shows a significant increase of hate speech violations that were found and actioned on by Instagram during the monitoring period, with a pick in the second quarter of 2021, when 9.8 million of pieces of content were actioned on. In the first quarter of 2022, the volume of content actioned on is significantly lower (3.4 million of pieces of content).

The chart shows the amount of content removed by Twitter due to Twitter policy violations. The data shows 32% increase of the amount of content removed in the period January-June 2021 compared to the previous period, and it is three times higher compared to the same period of the previous year.

The chart presents the distribution of the content removed by Meta from Facebook and Instagram, due to violations of its COVID-19 Misleading Information Policy, for the period June 2020 - April 2022. The report shows the efforts of Meta to limit the spread of COVID-19 disinformation online and it is part of the European Commission's Code of Practice on Disinformation monitoring process.

The chart presents the distribution of the content removed by Twitter, due to violations of its COVID-19 Misleading Information Policy, for the period July 2020 - April 2022. The report shows the efforts of Twitter to limit the spread of COVID-19 disinformation online and it is part of the European Commission's Code of Practice on Disinformation monitoring process.

The chart presents the number of copyright take-down requests received by TikTok and the number of succesfull copyrights take-downs in 2021. The TikTok Community Guidelines and Terms of Service prohibit content that infringes third party intellectual property. When valid take-down requests based on violations of copyright law and trademark law are received by the platform from the right holders, TikTok removes the alleged infringing content in a timely manner. There is a breakdown in data for the first half of 2021 and the data for the two periods are not directly comparable. In the period January - April 2021, data includes all copyright take-down notices received by the platform, while since May 2021, the data includes only valid copyright take-down notices. Valid copyright take-down notices are notices that include the statutorily defined elements in the DMCA, the EU Copyright Directive, and other similar law, that are required to report alleged copyright infringement.