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YouTube cancels billions of music Site industry video views after finding they were fake or 'dead' Major record labels stripped of more than two billion video views Biggest hit taken by Universal, which alone lost more than one billion 'This was an enforcement of our viewcount policy,' says YouTube

By DAMIEN GAYLE PUBLISHED: 07:58 EDT, 28 December 2012 | UPDATED: 03:17 EDT, 31 December 2012 183 View comments

The world's biggest recording companies have been stripped of two billion YouTube hits after the website https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2254181/YouTube-wipes-billions-video-views-finding-faked-music-industry.html Page 1 of 35 YouTube wipes billions of video views after finding they had been 'faked by the music industry' | Daily Mail Online 24.03.2021, 23:47 billion YouTube hits after the website Download our cracked down on alleged 'fake' and iPhone app +99 'dead' views. NEW ARTICLES Top Today's headlines Universal, home of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber, lost a total of one Share billion views in the video site’s biggest ever crackdown on its viewing figures.

Sony was second hardest hit, with the label behind such stars as Alicia Keys, Rita Ora and Labrinth losing more than 850million views in a single day.

The dramatic cuts came as YouTube conducted a crackdown on fake views, but music industry sources have blamed it on housekeeping related to the migration of their videos across diﬀerent Rihanna: Her record label, Universal Music, channels. was the biggest loser from a YouTube video view crackdown The unprecedented move left Universal with just five videos on the site - none of which were music - and Sony with just three.

'This was not a bug or a security breach. This was an enforcement of our viewcount policy,' YouTube announced.

It marks a huge commercial blow to all the artists involved as YouTube is now the web's most important outlet for music videos

Over four billion hours of video are watched by over 800million unique visitors to the site each month.

The dramatic falls, highlighted by figures compiled by YouTube statistics analysts at SocialBlade, came after YouTube conducted an audit of its viewing figures aimed at combating 'black hat' view count-building techniques.

That is the term used when hackers artificially build up the numbers of views or likes on a YouTube video - enabling them to make clips appear far more popular than they MORE HEADLINES really are and increase their exposure on the site. FEMAIL TODAY The number of views attracted on YouTube are these days regarded as an uno#icial Rose McGowan, 47, worldwide popular music chart, so once it became clear that hits had been inflated, stuns in a multi-colored https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2254181/YouTube-wipes-billions-video-views-finding-faked-music-industry.html Page 2 of 35 YouTube wipes billions of video views after finding they had been 'faked by the music industry' | Daily Mail Online 24.03.2021, 23:47 worldwide popular music chart, so once it became clear that hits had been inflated, stuns in a multi-colored fingers immediately pointed at the record industry. string bikini on the beaches of Mexico... after becoming a permanent resident of SHARE THIS RELATED ARTICLES the country ARTICLE OMG what a great The internet is leaving Lindsey Vonn, 36, talks soliloquy! The theatre children brain-dead: becoming 'lean' after offering 'Tweet... Inventor warns... being bullied for her strong body when she was a competitive skier: 'I was told I was too YouTube viewer figures are doubly valuable to channel owners since it is also the muscular for certain primary way in which the site works out how to share its advertising revenue with clothes' partners. EXCLUSIVE The Daily Dot reported how many of the channels affected - which also include ones DailyMailTV: Meghan McCain gushes about belonging to Michael Jackson, Chris Brown and Beyonce, among others - had also motherhood, her mom Cindy and her status on had many videos deleted. The View: 'We all have great respect for each other' Universal, which previously had dozens of clips on its YouTube channel, has had its offering slashed to just five - none of which are music videos or last more than about EXCLUSIVE a minute and a half. DailyMailTV: Jackie Goldschneider gets Sony's page was also left practically bare following the cull, with just three videos candid about her feud with Teresa Giudice left. over comments about daughter Gia: 'She just really has it out for me'

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Aﬀected: The o#icial channel of YouTube success story Leona Lewis (left), a protégé of Simon Miley Cyrus calls Cowell (right), lost nearly 24million page views in the crackdown by YouTube against playing Hannah Montana the 'greatest 'viewcount gaming' gift'... as she celebrates 15 years since the show's debut with a Among the channels aﬀected was that of British X Factor success story Leona Lewis. letter to her alter-ego The o#icial YouTube channel of the protégé of music industry svengali Simon

Cowell, lost nearly 24million page views as a result of the crackdown. Jennifer Lopez, 51, is NOT wearing her The mass takedowns came the same day diamond engagement YOUTUBE IN NUMBERS ring from Alex that hundreds of the site's users flooded Rodriguez in behind- the-scenes photos from forums to complain they had suﬀered a Over 800million unique users visit a new shoot series of video deletions for violations of YouTube each month YouTube's terms of service. Over 4billion hours of video are Emily Ratajkowski calls Sylvester a watched each month on YouTube 'beautiful boy' as she Many speculated they fallen victim to a shares breastfeeding 72 hours of video are uploaded to technical error, but YouTube replied to snap... after saying she YouTube every minute would not know the confirm that the users had been gender 'until our child is In 2011, YouTube had more than 18' sanctioned for violating TOS item 4, Section H, which bans artificially 1trillion views or around 140 views Nick Lachey and inflating view counts. for every person on Earth wife Vanessa Minnillo seen for first time after More than a million partners have his ex Jessica Simpson According to the Daily Dot, the apparent signed up to advertise on YouTube said she was 'saddened crackdown last week was widely beyond belief' when they started dating discussed on the Black Hat World forum, Source: YouTube where visitors exchange advice on ADVERTISEMENT unethical search engine optimisation tactics.

In one thread on the forum, where YouTube included a link to the site's policy on 'viewcount gaming, the first post spoke of a 'friend' who 'sells likes' who had been told by four diﬀerent customers that their videos were deleted due to violations of YouTube's terms of service.

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The bigger they come: This graph shows how Universal Music Group lost more than a billion page views in a single day when YouTube carried out its audit on view numbers

'Feels like pajamas but looks super flattering!' Amazon shoppers are going crazy for this $29 jumpsuit that can be dressed up or down This graph tracks the loss in views suﬀered by Sony BMG: The label behind such stars as Alicia PROMOTED Keys, Rita Ora and Labrinth lost more than 850million views in a single day Paris and Nicky Hilton Record labels have blamed the cuts in their viewing figures on a change in the way showcase their slender stems in floral- that YouTube has changed its view count. patterned mini dresses as they strike poses outside W Hotel in Billboard reported how the Google-owned company recently decided to remove Miami view counts for so-called 'dead videos', which were no longer live on the channel. Irina Shayk poses in A senior label executive told the music industry trade magazine that since thousands cream lingerie in a throwback snap from of videos had in fact been migrated to Vevo, the views those clips accrued during 2006 - one year before their time on their dedicated label channels were taken away in YouTube's 'clean up'. she shot to worldwide fame

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