Transparency Center

# Learn about policies across Google

Our mission to make information universally accessible and useful starts with making our products safe. Explore our Transparency Center to understand the policies that keep users safe from harm and abuse, as well as information about how we develop and enforce those policies.

## Taking action to ensure safety across the web

In 2023, we blocked billions of bad ads across Google products to protect users from scams.1

More than 17M videos removed in the second half of 2023 for violating our Community Guidelines.2

In the second half of 2023 alone, we removed over 381,000 URLs reported for CSAM from Google Search results.3

## Policy across Google

Billions of people turn to Google every day for high-quality, reliable information and trusted experiences online. We take our responsibility seriously to uphold the integrity of our products and services and build user trust. Our terms of service, product policies, developer policies, and Community Guidelines exist to keep users safe as we strive to deliver on our mission.

Billions of people turn to Google every day for high-quality, reliable information and trusted experiences online. We take our responsibility seriously to uphold the integrity of our products and services and build user trust. Our terms of service, product policies, developer policies, and Community Guidelines exist to keep users safe as we strive to deliver on our mission.

We invest in research and technology to obtain insights into how our products and services could be misused and to mitigate potential risks. Our teams work tirelessly to create and implement data-driven and scalable policies and standards that protect our users by ensuring the responsible use of our products and services.

We invest in research and technology to obtain insights into how our products and services could be misused and to mitigate potential risks. Our teams work tirelessly to create and implement data-driven and scalable policies and standards that protect our users by ensuring the responsible use of our products and services.

## Preventing harm and abuse across our products

### Addressing the range of policy areas

Discover more about how we regularly release information about government requests to remove content, as well as the actions we take to protect our users and platforms from content that violates our policies or local laws. Also learn how content recommendations work across Google products and services.

Discover more about how we regularly release information about government requests to remove content, as well as the actions we take to protect our users and platforms from content that violates our policies or local laws. Also learn how content recommendations work across Google products and services.

Find helpful tools to provide feedback about content, reporting and appeal certain enforcement actions. Also learn more about our partner programs dedicated to fighting harm across the web.

Find helpful tools to provide feedback about content, reporting and appeal certain enforcement actions. Also learn more about our partner programs dedicated to fighting harm across the web.

## Meet our leaders

Footnotes

1Google Ads Safety Report, March 2024

2YouTube Community Guidelines Transparency Report, September 2023

3CSAM Transparency Report, December 2023