TikTok Platform Removes 2.4million Nigerian Videos In Three Months Over Policy Violations
The company, operated by ByteDance, listed Nigeria among the top 50 countries where policy-violating content originated during this period.
Chinese-owned social media platform, TikTok has removed 2.4 million videos posted by Nigerian users in the fourth quarter of 2024 for violating its content policies.
The company, operated by ByteDance, listed Nigeria among the top 50 countries where policy-violating content originated during this period.
According to TikTok’s latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, a total of 153 million videos were taken down globally in Q4 2024.
The report revealed that the United States recorded the highest number of removals, with 8.5 million videos deleted.
The company stated that the top 50 markets accounted for approximately 90% of all content removals during the quarter.
The violations spanned multiple categories, including integrity and authenticity, privacy and security, mental and behavioral health, safety, and civility.
Also, TikTok removed 211.5 million accounts during the period, comprising fake accounts and those suspected to be owned by users under the age of 13.
Fake accounts made up the largest share, with 185.3 million deletions, while 20.5 million accounts were flagged for being owned by underage users.
Another 5.6 million accounts were removed for unspecified reasons.
In a statement, TikTok emphasised its commitment to safeguarding the platform from fraudulent activity.
“We remain vigilant in our efforts to detect external threats and protect the platform from fake accounts and engagement.
“These threats persistently probe and attack our systems, leading to occasional fluctuations in reported metrics.”
The company also noted that updates to its classification of fake likes and followers in Q4 contributed to some of the observed increases in removals.
“In Q4 2024, we also updated the way we classify fake likes and followers removed over time, which contributed to some of the overall increases observed in these categories.”
