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Number of Videos Removed by Google Under Their Child Safety Policy

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.
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Content Actioned Under Child Nudity and Sexual Exploatation Violations on Facebook

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.
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Percentage of Content Found by Facebook as Containing Child Nudity and Sexual Exploitation Compared to the Content Reported by the Users

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.
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Distribution of Content Actioned Under Other Types of Violation on Facebook (2017-2022)

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.
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Share of Fake Accounts and Spam Content Actioned on Facebook (2017-2022)

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.
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Distribution of the Content Actioned on Instagram, by Reason of Removal

The chart shows the distribution of the content actioned on Instagram, by reasons of removal, from the fourth quarter of 2019 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 adult nudity and sexual activity remain the main reason of removal of content, followed by bullying and harassment content and violent and graphic one.
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Content Actioned Under Hate Speech Violations on Instagram

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).
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Percentage of Content Found by Instagram as Hate Speech Compared to the Content Reported by the Users

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Instagram as containing hate speech compared to the content reported by the users, over the period October 2019 - March 2022. Since April 2020, the hate speech detection of Instagram improved significantly compared to the beginning period. However, in the first quarter of 2022, the volume of content found by Instagram declined by 3.8% compared to the same period of the previous year.
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Percentage of Content Found by Facebook as Containing Spam Compared to the Content Reported by the Users

This chart shows the percentage of content found by Facebook as containing spam compared to the content reported by the users over the period October 2017 - March 2022. As the results show, almost all of the content containing spam was first found by Facebook (the percentage remains above 99.5% for the whole period).
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Content Actioned Under Dangerous Organisations Violations on Facebook

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.