Previously YouTube was accused of not taking any action against growing malware and cryptocurrency-related scams on the site.
YouTube is home to hundreds of millions of videos but at the same time, the video platform is home to tricky malware and cryptocurrency scams. In the past, we’ve covered numerous such scams using identities of celebrities like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and even Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak who sued Google recently for allowing fraudulent Bitcoin giveaways to be run using his name without consent.
See: Hackers spread password stealer malware from YouTube comment section
All of these prompt the video giant to take action and boy they do! In a recent report released by YouTube, it has been revealed that the platform took down a whopping 1.975 million channels in the first quarter of 2020 (Jan-Mar) wiping out a total of more than 51 million videos from the platform. These videos can be divided by their views into the following categories:
0 views – 49.9%
1 to 10 views – 27.4%
More than 10 views – 22.7%
The channels were deleted for a number of reasons as shown in the infographic below but for the majority at 87.5%, the reasons included spam related activity. Atlas VPN’s researchers also compiled a report based on YouTube’s pur ..
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