Lagos: TikTok on Tuesday said that it has removed over 3.6 million videos in Nigeria between January and March, 2025, for violating its Community Guidelines. It represented a 50 percent increase from the previous quarter according to TikTok's Q1 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, the report highlighted TikTok's commitment to creating a safe, respectful, and trustworthy digital environment. It noted TikTok's proactive approach, with a detection rate of 98.4 percent for content removed before user reports and 92.1 percent of videos removed within 24 hours. Globally, TikTok removed over 211 million videos in Q1 2025, with more than 184 million removed through automation. The platform's global proactive detection rate reached 99 percent.
The report further detailed TikTok's intensified efforts in LIVE Monetisation Guidelines and prioritised LIVE content enforcement. In Nigeria, 42,196 LIVE rooms were banned, and 48,156 streams were interrupted for violating community guidelines. The platform also removed 129 accounts in West Africa tied to covert operations in partnership with Cece Yara, a child-centred non-profit organisation.
Expanding its support to Nigerian users, TikTok is enhancing in-app helpline resources, providing young users with access to local helplines for expert support on critical issues such as suicide, self-harm, hate, and harassment. The report also mentioned that TikTok Digital Well-being Ambassador, Dr. Olawale Ogunlana, collaborated with experts to promote digital well-being.
Additionally, the report emphasized TikTok's encouragement of community participation through user reporting and education, advocating for a collaborative approach to creating a respectful online environment. The Q1 2025 report reflects TikTok's efforts to safeguard its Nigerian user base, strengthen enforcement systems, and maintain transparency about measures taken to uphold platform integrity.