-- YouTube said Thursday it removed over 58 million videos and millions of objectionable comments in the third quarter, Reuters reports.

-- The service has been facing pressure from consumer groups and government regulators around the world to quickly take down content deemed objectionable and violates the site's policies, the report said.

-- YouTube said most of the content removed was spam, the report said.

Full story: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-youtube/youtube-under-pressure-for-problem-content-takes-down-58-million-videos-in-quarter-idUSKBN1OC2F6?il=0

Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 13, 2018 13:06 ET (18:06 GMT)

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