Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for validating digital surgical videos are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, an Internet-based method for validating a digital video comprises submitting the digital surgical video to a video hosting website; analyzing and accepting the video for a pre-publication review, wherein the pre-publication review comprises automatically assigning the accepted video to at least two randomly selected reviewers using a computer algorithm; automatically associating an approved for publication status identifier with the video; and embedding an indicia representative of validation of the video content in the approved for publication video.