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  • Meta purges 43 mn bad content on FB, Insta in March in India

    Meta purges 43 mn bad content on FB, Insta in March in India

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    New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 38.4 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 4.61 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in March in India.

    Between March 1-31, Facebook received 7,193 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and said that it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 1,903 cases.

    These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, said Meta in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

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    “Of the other 5,290 reports where specialised review was needed, we reviewed content as per our policies, and we took action on 1,300 reports in total. The remaining 3,990 reports were reviewed but may not have been actioned,” Meta added.

    On Instagram, the company received 9,226 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism.

    “Of these, we provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 4,280 cases,” it informed.

    Of the other 4,946 reports where specialised review was needed, Meta reviewed content and took action on 1,656 reports in total.

    The remaining 3,290 reports on Instagram were reviewed but may not have been actioned.

    Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports.

    “We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action on for going against our standards. Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning,” said Meta.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Google purges over 7,500 YouTube channels linked to malicious operations

    Google purges over 7,500 YouTube channels linked to malicious operations

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    New Delhi: Google took down more than 7,500 YouTube channels in Q1 2023 as part of its investigation into coordinated influence operations, and terminated 6,285 YouTube channels and 52 Blogger blogs alone linked to China.

    These channels and blogs mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment and lifestyle.

    “A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs,” said Google.

    Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said it also terminated 40 YouTube channels sharing content in Persian, English, Hindi and Urdu that was supportive of the Iranian government and critical of protesters in Iran.

    The team terminated 1,088 YouTube channels, sharing content in Azerbaijani that was supportive of Azerbaijan and critical of Armenia and critics of the Azerbaijani government.

    It also blocked 2 domains from eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of its investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to individuals from Poland.

    “The campaign was sharing content in Polish that was supportive of Russia and critical of the United States and Ukraine. We received leads from Mandiant, which is now part of Google Cloud,” said the company.

    Google also terminated 87 YouTube channels linked to the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA).

    “We terminated 4 YouTube channels as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations. The campaign was sharing content in German that was critical of Ukrainian refugees,” the company added.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )