Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:2806 content that violates Community Guidelines. Individual reporting can be done anonymously by users who have come across potentially offensive content. A Trusted Flagger Program has also been developed that provides tools to individuals, government agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for notifying YouTube of content that violates the Community Guidelines. Additionally, there are reviewer teams that remove content that violates the policies as well as age-restrict content that is not appropriate for all audiences. Further, automated flagging systems also exist to help identify and remove spam automatically as well as to monitor re-uploads of already flagged content. If it is determined by the users that the reported content is violative of the Community Guidelines, then it is immediately removed and a notice is sent to the uploader. All users are required to comply with all applicable laws. k. Video-hashing technology is deployed to prevent re-uploads of identical copies of video content that has been removed for violation of Community Guidelines. This technology converts a particular video into an alphanumeric hash value which functions as a mathematically precise fingerprint of the original video. This allows the platform to prevent re-uploads of the violative content. AI/ML tools also exist which allows Google to prevent content that violates its Community Guidelines or Terms of Service from being widely viewed, or viewed at all, before it is removed. The Affidavit filed on behalf of Google states that ―through the application of these sophisticated technological tools, it has been possible to ensure that Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SHAZAAD ZAKIR Signing Date:26.04.2023 17:19:50 W.P.(CRL) 1505/2021 Page 55 of 88