**YouTube Purged Over 100k Videos And 17k Channels For 'Hate Speech' In 3 Mos., Deleted 500m Comments** Google-owned YouTube announced on Tuesday that they've purged over 17,000 channels, 100,000 videos and a whopping 500 million comments in just three months after changing their rules on "hate speech." They also said they're using AI to censor people for "hate speech" and automatically remove content before it's even viewed. http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=60675 "The spikes in removal numbers are in part due to the removal of older comments, videos and channels that were previously permitted," YouTube wrote in the post. Overall in the second quarter of this year, YouTube removed more than 4 million channels — mostly for violating its policies against scams and spam — and more than 9 million videos.  YouTube emphasized that it is focused on removing harmful or offensive content before it is viewed by any users on the site. According to the post, YouTube's efforts have resulted in an 80 percent reduction in views on content that is later removed for violating the platform's policies.  The policy change also banned content that promotes conspiracies, such as the false claim that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting never happened.  https://thehill.com/policy/technology/459693-youtube-says-it-has-removed-more-than-100k-videos-under-new-hate-speech