Google removes 93,067 bad content pieces in India

Google claimed that it has eliminated 93,067 pieces of harmful content as a result of user complaints in February. This is down from the 1,04,285 pieces of erroneous content that the search giant removed back in January. In February, Google received a total of 30,065 complaints from users in India, according to its monthly report filed in accordance with the new India IT Rules 2021. The complaints were over third-party content that the users believed broke local laws or infringed on their personal rights. As per the statement, Google removed 92,223 bad content because of copyright issues, 731 related to trademark, 60 circumventions, 47 court orders, three other legal cases, two graphic sexual content and only one impersonation. There was zero defamation related content removed.