In the fourth quarter of 2025, TikTok removed 4,021,252 million videos for violating its Community Guidelines in Nigeria.

According to the report obtained bt Techeconomy, 99.9% of these videos were proactively removed before anyone reported them, while 98.4% were taken down within 24 hours of posting.

These figures underscore TikTok’s continued investment in advanced detection systems and rapid response mechanisms designed to limit the spread of harmful content.

Globally, TikTok removed a total of 175,302,085 videos during the quarter, representing about 0.5% of all content uploaded on the platform.

Of these, 152,580,933 videos were detected and taken down using automated detection technologies and 8,360,780 videos were reinstated after further review. The platform recorded a 99.1% proactive removal rate, with 93.4% of flagged content removed within 24 hours of posting.

TikTok LIVE

In the latest report, TikTok emphasizes its commitment to keeping the TikTok LIVE experience safe. The platform has noted a further rise in the number of LIVE streams being interrupted and the number of LIVE monetisation enforcement actions (both demonetisation and warnings).

In Nigeria, TikTok interrupted over 86 000 Live rooms for violation of guidelines. Globally, TikTok took action, including warnings and demonetisation, on 17,714,756 LIVE sessions and 9,277,720 LIVE creators for violating the platform’s LIVE monetisation guidelines.

Warnings serve as an opportunity to educate creators when their content may breach LIVE monetisation policies, allowing them to make necessary changes.

AI-Generated Content Removals

TikTok aims to protect its community by prohibiting and removing AI-generated content (AIGC) that is harmful or misleading, and requiring people to label realistic AIGC.

In Quarter 4 of 2025, TikTok removed over 93 000 videos under its policy for edited media and AI-generated content (AIGC) for violating community guidelines in South Africa.

The platform requires creators to label all AI-generated content that contains realistic images, audio, and video.

To bolster the platform’s AI-generated content labels, earlier this year, TikTok tested a solution called “invisible watermarking.”

The platform requires people to label realistic AI-generated content on TikTok and layer multiple strategies to apply that rule.

Committed to Safety and Integrity

TikTok said it remains committed to inspiring creativity and bringing joy while prioritising the safety and well-being of its Nigerian community.

The TikTok Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report can be found here.

The social media giant, in its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement report, placed Nigeria among the top 50 countries with the highest number of violations.

The scale of enforcement was global—153 million videos were taken down in total. The United States topped the list with 8.5 million videos deleted. 

TikTok stated that these takedowns were necessary to maintain platform integrity, covering violations related to misinformation, privacy breaches, security risks, and harmful behaviour.

Alongside video removals, TikTok also deleted 211.5 million accounts in the same period. The majority—185.3 million—were classified as fake. Another 20.5 million accounts belonged to users suspected to be under 13, violating TikTok’s age restrictions. An additional 5.6 million accounts were shut down for unspecified reasons.

“We remain vigilant in our efforts to detect external threats and safeguard the platform from fake accounts and engagement. These threats persistently probe and attack our systems, leading to occasional fluctuations in the reported metrics,” the report stated.

TikTok also revealed updates to its detection system for fake likes and followers, increasing the accuracy of its enforcement initiatives. These changes, it claimed, better reflect the scale of current moves to remove manipulated engagement on the platform.

Despite its aggressive enforcement, TikTok is still under investigation, particularly in the United States. In October 2024, 13 U.S. states, along with Washington D.C., filed lawsuits against the platform. They accused TikTok of failing to protect young users and deliberately designing its app to be addictive.

The lawsuits argue that the platform exploits children’s vulnerabilities to maximise profits, further fuelling talks about its impact on mental health. Plaintiffs are seeking financial penalties and demanding stricter regulations to hold the company accountable.