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The chart number of videos removed by YouTube for the period October 2017-March 2022, by first source of detection (automated flagging or human detection). Flags from human detection can come from a user or a member of YouTube’s Trusted Flagger program,which include individuals, NGOs, and government agencies. The chart shows that the number of automated flagging is significantly higher compared to human detection. When it comes to human detection, the biggest number of removed videos were first noticed by users, followed by individual trusted flaggers, NGOs and government agencies.

The chart shows the distribution of the videos removed by Youtube based on human detection, by flagging reason. The data represents average shares of videos removed for the period October 2017-March 2022 and are calculated based on the trimestrial values included in the transparency report. The results show that the users' main flagging reason of videos is the spam, mislinding and scam content, followed by sexual content and hateful or abusive content. When flagging a video, human flaggers can select a reason they are reporting the video and leave comments or video timestamps for YouTube's reviewers. This chart shows the flagging reasons that people selected when reporting YouTube content. A single video may be flagged multiple times and may be flagged for different reasons. Reviewers evaluate flagged videos against all of the Community Guidelines and policies, regardless of why they were originally flagged. Flagging a video does not necessarily result in it being removed. Human flagged videos are removed for violations of Community Guidelines once a trained reviewer confirms a policy violation.

The chart shows the number of videos removed by YouTube for the period October 2017-March 2022, by first source of detection (human detection). Flags from human detection can come from a user or a member of YouTube’s Trusted Flagger program. Trusted Flagger program members include individuals, NGOs, and government agencies that are particularly effective at notifying YouTube of content that violates their Community Guidelines. The chart shows that the highest number of removed videos were first noticed by users (12,468,976 videos), followed by individual trusted flaggers (4,614,456 videos), NGOs (181,430 videos) and government agencies (755 videos).

This chart shows the distribution of videos removed by YouTube, by the reason removal, over the period September 2018-March 2022. These removal reasons correspond to YouTube’s Community Guidelines. Reviewers evaluate flagged videos against all of YouTube's Community Guidelines and policies, regardless of the reason the video was originally flagged. As the chart shows, the most frequent reasons of removal of videos are child abusive content, violent or graphic content and nudity or sexual content. In the first quarter of 2022, the child safety content decline by 53.5% compared to the same period of 2021, while harmful or dangerous content increased in the same period by 463% and harassement and cyberbullying by 579%.

The chart shows the percentage of videos removed by YouTube for the period October 2017-March 2022, by first source of detection (automated flagging or human detection). Flags from human detection can come from a user or a member of YouTube’s Trusted Flagger program. Trusted Flagger program members include individuals, NGOs, and government agencies that are particularly effective at notifying YouTube of content that violates their Community Guidelines. The chart shows that automated flagging is by far the first source of detection compared to human detection.

The chart shows the number of videos removed by Google under their Child Safety policy, starting from September 2018. The latest available data shows that overall the number of videos removed under the Child Safety Policy declined in in the first quarter of 2022 by 81% compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared to the previous quarter, the change is considerably lower, declining only by 18% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the previous one.

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 percentage of content found by Facebook as containing child nudity and exploitation compared to the content reported by the users from July 2018 until March 2021. Since April 2021, the Child Nudity and Sexual Exploitation content have been renamed Child Endangerment, with two categories: Nudity and Physical Abuse and Sexual Exploitations, which are monitored separately. The data shows that the share of content reported by users (around 1%) is significantly lower that the one found by Facebook.

The chart shows the distribution of the content actioned under other types of violations on Facebook, from the fourh quarter of 2017 until the first quarter of 2022. A metric for a new policy area called violence and incitement was added to the Community Standards in the third quarter of 2021. Additionally, starting with the second quarter of 2021, the child nudity and sexual abuse category was renamed child endagerment and collects data on two separate topics: sexual exploitation and nudity and physical abuse. The data shows that the adult nudity and sexual activity remains the main reason of removal on Facebook, followed by violent and graphic content, violence and incitement and child endagerment. The chart excludes the content removed under fake accounts and spam content violations.

The chart shows the share of fake accounts and spam content actioned on Facebook, from the fourh quarter of 2017 until the first quarter of 2022. While these two violations remain the main reasons of removal of content on Facebook, the data shows that the other types of violations (such as adult nudity and sexual activity, child nudity and sexual exploitation, bullying and harassment, dangerous organisations, hate speech, and violent and graphic content) have also increased during this period.