Proactive Action of Social Media Companies: Year- and Month-wise Number of Accounts Blocked, Contents Removed and other Actions Taken by SSMIs

High Frequency Indicator: The dataset contains year and month-wise data from the year 2021 to till date on the different types of actions taken by by significant social media intermediaries (SSMIs) such as Sharechat, Snapchat, Twitter, Koo, Facebook, Instagram, Google and WhatsApp. The data compiled is based on the monthly transparency reports published by SSMIs in accordance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021)

The different types of action taken include Content actioning (removal), Account Removal Actions as a result of automated detection, Reporting spam, Blocking, Proactive ban, etc. on the different reasons such as harrassment, Child Endangerment with Nudity, Sexual Exploitation and Physical Abuse, Dangerous Organizations and Individuals with Organized Hate and Terrorism and its Propaganda, Hate Speech, Drugs and Firearms, etc.

Notes:

1. Twitter: “Proactive Monitoring” refers to content proactively identified by employing internal proprietary tools and industry hash sharing initiatives.
2. Google: For data related to automated detection processes, Google includes data where the sender or creator of the content is located in India. In order to attribute a location to an individual sender or creator, Google use data signals such as location of account creation, IP address at the time of video upload and user phone number, as available.
3. Meta: Proactive Rates- This metric shows the percentage of all content or accounts acted on that Meta found and flagged before users reported them to Meta. These metrics are the best estimates of content Meta act on and of proactive rates based on the creator of the content and predicted country locations for those users.
4. ShareChat: The accounts are proactively banned on the basis of Copyright violations, Sexually explicit, UGC- violation of community standards, Chatrooms and Comments.

高频指标数据集：本数据集收录了自2021年起至当前，各大重要社交媒体中介机构（SSMI）如Sharechat、Snapchat、Twitter、Koo、Facebook、Instagram、Google及WhatsApp所采取的不同类型行动的年度与月度数据。所收集的数据基于SSMI按照《信息技术（中介机构指导原则及数字媒体伦理规范）规则2021》（IT规则2021）第4(1)(d)条要求发布的月度透明度报告。

采取的行动类型包括内容处理（移除）、因自动检测导致的账户移除行动、举报垃圾信息、封锁、主动封禁等，涉及不同原因，例如骚扰、儿童裸露与危险、性剥削及身体虐待、危险组织与有组织的仇恨和恐怖主义及其宣传、仇恨言论、毒品与枪支等。

备注：
1. Twitter：“主动监控”指的是通过采用内部专有工具和行业哈希共享倡议主动识别的内容。
2. Google：针对自动化检测过程相关的数据，Google包括位于印度的内容发送者或创作者的数据。为了为单个发送者或创作者分配位置，Google使用账户创建位置、视频上传时的IP地址以及用户电话号码等数据信号，如有可用。
3. Meta：主动封禁率-此指标显示Meta在用户向其报告之前，主动发现并标记的所有内容或账户所占的百分比。这些指标是Meta处理的内容和基于内容创作者以及预测的用户所在国家位置的主动封禁率的最佳估计。
4. ShareChat：账户因版权侵犯、色情、违反社区标准的内容生成（UGC）、聊天室和评论等问题被主动封禁。