Top Tech News Today: YouTube Removes More Than 2 Million Videos In India, ShareChat Raises Nearly $49 Million, More

In its latest report YouTube disclosed that it removed over 2.25 million videos in India during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023 for violating its community guidelines.

Globally, YouTube removed a total of nine million videos during the same period, with an impressive 96 percent of videos being initially flagged by automated systems.

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YouTube Removes More Than 2 Million Videos In India

In its latest report YouTube disclosed that it removed over 2.25 million videos in India during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023 for violating its community guidelines. This figure represents the highest number of video removals among 30 nations for the period spanning October to December 2023, according to YouTube's report. After India, Singapore (1,243,871) and the US (788,354) recorded the second and third-highest number of videos removed, respectively, while Iraq had the lowest number of videos removed at 41,176. Globally, YouTube removed a total of nine million videos during the same period, with an impressive 96 percent of videos being initially flagged by automated systems.

ShareChat Raises Nearly $49 Million

Mohalla Tech, the parent company of vernacular social media platform ShareChat and short video entertainment app Moj, has secured approximately $49 million in debt financing from its existing investors. According to regulatory filings with the RoC, as spotted by Inc42, the company has authorised the issuance of 4,895 Series I debentures at a price of $10,000 each, totaling $49 million. The debt round saw participation from existing investors such as Temasek, Lightspeed, HarbourVest, Moore Strategic, Rimco, and Alkeon.

Grok AI Chatbot To Become Available For All Premium Users 

Tech billionaire and X boss Elon Musk has announced that Grok, the chatbot developed by his artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI, will be available for all premium subscribers of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. With a growing number of advertisers shifting away from the microblogging platform, the billionaire emphasises the need to lessen the company's dependence on advertising and is now concentrating on developing more appealing subscription plans.

OnePlus Nord CE4 India Launch Soon

The official launch date of the OnePlus Nord CE4 in India has been disclosed by the company and the official unveiling is scheduled for April 1 at 6:30 PM IST.  Key details of the phone's design and the chipset powering the device have also been detailed. Positioned as the successor to the very successful OnePlus Nord CE3, the OnePlus Nord CE4 is likely to be priced around Rs 25,000 in India.

Facebook Was Snooping On Snapchat

Newly unsealed documents from a federal court in California have revealed that Meta-owned Facebook was monitoring users of social media rivals Snapchat, Google-owned YouTube and Amazon. Dubbed "Project Ghostbusters", the initiative involved the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company intercepting and decrypting network traffic of Snapchat users, the media has reported.