Terrorism is an attack on open societies, and addressing the threat posed by violence is a critical challenge for all. Google and YouTube are committed to being part of the solution. They are working with government, law enforcement and civil society groups to tackle the problem of violent extremism online. There are thousands of people around the world who review and counter abuse of Google platforms. Their engineers have developed technology to prevent re-uploads of known terrorist content using image-matching technology. Google invested in systems that use content-based signals to help identify new videos for removal. And Google developed partnerships with expert groups, counter-extremism agencies, and the other technology companies to help inform and strengthen efforts to counter terrorism
Additionally, Google takes four additional steps.
First, Google is increasing their use of technology to help identify extremist and terrorism-related videos. They have used video analysis models to find and assess more than 50 percent of the terrorism-related content and removed over the past six months. Google now devote more engineering resources to apply our most advanced machine learning research to train new “content classifiers” to quickly identify and remove extremist and terrorism-related content
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Second, Google will greatly increase the number of independent experts in YouTube’s Trusted Flagger programme. Machines can help identify problematic videos, but human experts still play a role in nuanced decisions about the line between violent propaganda and religious or newsworthy speech. While many user flags can be inaccurate, Trusted Flagger reports are accurate over 90 per cent of the time. Google will also expand our work with counter-extremist groups to help identify content that may be being used to radicalise and recruit extremists.
Third, Google will be taking a tougher stance on videos that do not clearly violate their policies — for example, videos that contain inflammatory religious or supremacist content. In future these will appear behind an interstitial warning and they will not be monetised, recommended or eligible for comments or user endorsements. That means these videos will have less engagement and be harder to find.
Finally, YouTube will expand its role in counter-radicalisation efforts. Google is working with Jigsaw to implement the “Redirect Method” more broadly across Europe. This promising approach harnesses the power of targeted online advertising to reach potential Isis recruits, and redirects them towards anti-terrorist videos that can change their minds about joining. In previous deployments of this system, potential recruits have clicked through on the ads at an unusually high rate, and watched over half a million minutes of video content that debunks terrorist recruiting messages.
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