Content-moderation decisions in the violence category that YouTube reported to the EU DSA Transparency Database rose to a 7-day average of 522, against a 30-day baseline of 63, a change of +726.0%.
The movement appears in reports dated October 23, 2026, and was flagged as high severity by AuditSocials' anomaly detector.
The detector compares the 7-day calendar average with the 30-day baseline for each moderation category. No country breakdown was given for this movement, and a platform-wide total of decisions for the day was not available.
The figures are counts of decisions that platforms report. A rise can reflect changes in reporting, not only changes in enforcement, and the data do not indicate a cause.
Source: EU DSA Transparency Database, CC BY 4.0.
