Google India removed over 5,50,000 pieces of content from its social media platforms, following complaints received from individual users, according to the clarity announcement disclosed.
The search engine subtracted a total of 5,51,659 pieces of an inadequate topic, as a result of objections from Indians.
In India a total of 98.9% of the representatives, the removal action was taken due to copyright-related issues. Other reasons for content removal include issues related to defamation, faking, avoidance and graphical content.
Google mentioned in its monthly compliance report, “In addition to reports from our users, we invest heavily in fighting harmful content online and use technology to detect and remove it from our platforms.”
Google further adds, “We invest heavily in fighting harmful content online and use technology to detect and remove it from our platforms. This includes using automated detection processes for some of our products to prevent the dissemination of harmful content.”
In June, Google obtained 36,265 complaints from individual users found in India via the designated mechanisms, resulting in the removal of 83,613 chunks of content. The content removed under ‘Copyright’ continued to account for the majority of 99.3% of the removals.
