The complaints were related to third-party content that was believed to violate local laws or personal rights on various Google platforms
Google said that it had removed 93,067 pieces of bad content in India based on user complaints in February this year. In January, the figure was 104,285 pieces of bad content, reported PTI.
In its monthly compliance report in accordance with the new India IT Rules 2021, Google said it had received 30,065 complaints from users in India in February (from 33,995 in January). The complaints were related to third-party content that was believed to violate local laws or personal rights on various Google platforms. “The complaints consist of various categories. Some requests may allege infringement of intellectual property rights, while others claim violation of local laws prohibiting types of content on grounds such as defamation,” Google said in a statement.
In January, it had removed 401,374 pieces of content as part of automated detection. “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 said in its monthly compliance report
The 93,067 pieces of content were removed under various categories like Copyright, Trademark, Court Order, Graphic Sexual Content, Circumvention, and others. Google said that it also removed 338,938 pieces of content as part of automated detection in the above-mentioned period.
In January, it had removed 401,374 pieces of content as part of automated detection. “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,” it said in its monthly compliance report.
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