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programmes
We recognise the value of partnering with organisations to identify and fight harm online. From the Child Safety Toolkit to the Priority Flagger Programme, learn about some of the voluntary partner programmes we run at Google and YouTube.
Priority Flagger Programme
Prioritising flags from partners
Our Priority Flagger Programme provides channels for participating
organisations to notify us of potentially harmful issues on certain of our
products and services that violate our policies and community guidelines.
Partner entities will generally have access to:
- A dedicated intake channel used to inform us of potential policy violations which will be reviewed at priority
- Ongoing discussions and feedback about Google and YouTube content policies
Our review process
Our moderators review flags by Priority Flaggers according to our
community guidelines and policies. Issues reported by Priority Flaggers
are not automatically removed or subject to any different policy
treatment – the same standards apply to user flags. However, because of
their high degree of trust and expertise, our teams prioritise flags
from Priority Flaggers for review.
Teaming up with expert organisations
Our programme is most suitable for organisations such as NGOs and
government agencies with an identified expertise in recognising and
fighting harm online in at least one policy area. We also look at whether
an organisation has the capacity to submit requests and its enthusiasm to
work together on these issues. We expect flaggers to be objective while
flagging, and pay due respect to human rights.
DSA Trusted Flaggers
Our voluntary Priority Flagger Programme is separate from any legally
required, prioritised, content reporting channels, such as the DSA
Trusted Flagger requirements.
Article 22 of the DSA, while consistent with our voluntary partnership efforts, requires us to prioritise valid notices about allegedly unlawful content submitted by entities who are awarded Trusted Flagger status by the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) in the Member State that they are established. If you have been awarded DSA Trusted Flagger status by your DSC, you can access onboarding materials here.
Article 22 of the DSA, while consistent with our voluntary partnership efforts, requires us to prioritise valid notices about allegedly unlawful content submitted by entities who are awarded Trusted Flagger status by the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) in the Member State that they are established. If you have been awarded DSA Trusted Flagger status by your DSC, you can access onboarding materials here.
The Child Safety Toolkit
Enabling others with technology to fight abuse
Google and YouTube developed the child safety toolkit to help organisations
protect children. At the centre are two APIs: the content safety API and CSAI
match. We offer both to qualifying partners free of charge. Our partners use
these technologies to process billions of files each year, allowing them to
evaluate millions of images and videos for abusive behaviour and prioritise
the most concerning content for review.
Submit a request for the child safety toolkit.
Industry and civil society organisations seeking to protect their
platform against abuse can submit an application to access the child
safety toolkit. We will then review whether your organisation meets the
criteria and get back to you accordingly.
Read our partner testimonials
“Google hash matching solutions has revolutionised our
workflow and led to faster, better results. Because of Google,
automated processes reduce the need for human review of CSAM,
which minimises our staff’s exposure.”
National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
“CSAI Match was straightforward to deploy and continues to be
an effective tool to help us further detect and disrupt the
distribution of child sexual abuse material.”
ADOBE
“The Content Safety API is an easy to use and scalable solution
we integrated a few months ago. We are pretty sure it can become
an important technology to protect our community and prevent the
sharing of inappropriate content.”
YUBO