TikTok has revealed that it deleted more than 500,000 videos uploaded by Kenyan users between April and June this year for breaking its community guidelines.
The short-video platform, which is one of the most popular social media apps in Kenya, made the announcement in its Quarter Two 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report released on Tuesday, November 4.
The company said the action was part of its continuous effort to make TikTok a safe and positive online space for everyone who uses the platform.
According to the report, TikTok removed a total of 592,037 videos from Kenya during the three-month period.
Impressively, 92 percent of these videos were deleted before anyone had a chance to view them, showing how the platform’s moderation systems work quickly to prevent harmful or inappropriate content from spreading.
On a global scale, TikTok said it deleted about 189 million videos during the same quarter. This figure represents just 0.7 percent of all the content uploaded on TikTok worldwide, showing that the majority of creators continue to follow the platform’s rules.
TikTok further explained that its Artificial Intelligence (AI) moderation systems played a key role in identifying and removing most of the violative content.
Out of the total videos removed globally, 163.9 million were automatically taken down by AI-powered systems, with 94.4 percent of those videos removed within 24 hours of being posted.
In addition to removing videos, the platform said it also took aggressive measures to eliminate fake or suspicious accounts. During the same quarter, TikTok removed over 76.9 million fake accounts and another 25.9 million accounts believed to belong to users under the age of 13, which goes against its terms of service.
TikTok emphasized that the combination of advanced automated moderation tools and the expertise of thousands of human reviewers enables the company to act swiftly against violative content.
The platform stated that this approach is crucial in reducing the spread of misinformation, hate speech, harassment, and other harmful material that could negatively affect users.
“By integrating advanced automated moderation technologies with the expertise of thousands of trust and safety professionals, TikTok enables faster and consistent removal of content that violates its Community Guidelines,” the report stated.
“This approach is vital in mitigating the damaging effects of misinformation, hate speech, and other harmful content shared on the platform,” it added.
Besides removing videos, TikTok also targeted LIVE sessions that violated its monetization rules. During the April to June period, the platform reported taking action against 2,321,813 LIVE sessions, where it issued warnings and demonetization measures.
TikTok explained that these warnings are meant to educate creators whose content may have breached its monetization policies, giving them a chance to correct their mistakes instead of facing permanent suspension.
To keep improving safety across the platform, TikTok encouraged Kenyan users to take part in maintaining a clean digital environment by reporting any videos, comments, or accounts that appear to go against its guidelines.
The company reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining a trustworthy, safe, and enjoyable platform, assuring users that it will continue enhancing its systems to protect the community from harmful or misleading content.
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