YouTube is the most-used social media platform in the Philippines. Based on the 2021 "We Are Social" report, 97.2 percent of internet users aged 16 to 64 used YouTube, followed by Facebook and Facebook Messenger. As the second-most visited website in the world, its algorithm drives 70 percent of watch time on the platform. About 700 million hours are watched every single day. According to YouTube, it implements four Rs to make it safer. YouTube claims it "[r]emove[s] content violating policies, [cutting] down spread of harmful misinformation and borderline material; raise[s] up authoritative sources for advice and information; reward[s] trusted creators; and reduce[s] spread of content against their policy line."

But how effective is their commitment to the community?

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