YouTube is a founding member of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism and works with other tech companies to prevent terrorist content from spreading online.
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GIFCT membership involves sharing data or signals about harmful content across platforms, which has implications for how content and potentially account information may be shared with third-party technology companies outside of YouTube's direct data sharing policies.
Interpretive note: The document discloses GIFCT membership but does not describe the nature, scope, or technical form of any data sharing with partner companies, leaving privacy implications ambiguous.
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View change record →Participation in GIFCT may mean that information about flagged content or accounts is shared with other technology companies in the consortium, though the specific scope of data sharing under this arrangement is not detailed in this document.
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"Chúng tôi cũng là một thành viên sáng lập của Diễn đàn Internet toàn cầu chống chủ nghĩa Khủng bố (GIFCT). Thông qua diễn đàn này, chúng tôi hợp tác với các công ty công nghệ khác để ngăn chặn nội dung khủng bố xuất hiện trên mạng, đồng thời cung cấp các khoá đào tạo và tài nguyên thông tin khác cho những công ty nhỏ phải đối mặt với các thách thức tương tự.Excerpt from YouTube's Community Guidelines
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Cross-platform data sharing for counter-terrorism purposes may engage GDPR data sharing obligations for EU users, including requirements for lawful basis, data minimization, and third-party transfer safeguards.
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GIFCT membership involves sharing data or signals about harmful content across platforms, which has implications for how content and potentially account information may be shared with third-party technology companies outside of YouTube's direct data sharing policies.
Participation in GIFCT may mean that information about flagged content or accounts is shared with other technology companies in the consortium, though the specific scope of data sharing under this arrangement is not detailed in this document.
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