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Koo says it ‘proactively moderated' 54K posts in June

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Koo has proactively moderated 54,235 content pieces even as 5,502 posts were reported by its users during June.

In its monthly compliance report, Koo said its report for June 2021 shows that of the 5,502 Koos (posts) reported by its user community, 22.7 per cent (1,253) were removed, while 'other action' was taken against the rest (4,249 Koos). Similarly, Koo took steps to proactively moderate 54,235 Koos, of which 2.2 per cent (1,996) were removed, while 'other action' was taken against the rest (52,239). 'Other action' includes overlay, blur, ignore, warning etc on Koos that do not comply with the guidelines.

Koo - which has over 6 million users - said its compliance report would be published and available on the first day of each month and, where appropriate, will include additional insights.

On Wednesday, Google had said 27,762 complaints were received by Google and YouTube in April this year from individual users in India over alleged violation of local laws or personal rights, which resulted in removal of 59,350 pieces of content.

 Earlier this week, social media giant Facebook had said it will publish an interim report on July 2 providing information on the number of content it removed proactively between May 15-June 15.  The final report will be published on July 15, containing details of user complaints received and action taken. The July 15 report will also contain data related to WhatsApp.