TikTok removes 7.17m BD videos
FE REPORT | Monday, 8 July 2024
TikTok, a short video-sharing platform, has removed 7,171,832 videos for breaching the community guidelines in Bangladesh during the first quarter of 2024.
An official statement says 94.0 per cent of videos were being removed within 24 hours of posting. The proactive removal rate is 99.4 per cent.
In a global effort to safeguard younger users, TikTok said it also deleted 21,639,414 accounts suspected of belonging to individuals under 13.
TikTok has published its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, highlighting significant new data points and trends and showcasing its dedication to fostering a safe environment for its global community.
In Q1 2024, the platform removed 166,997,307 videos worldwide, representing about 0.9 per cent of all videos uploaded on the platform.
A substantial portion of these 129,335,793 videos were identified and removed through automated detection technologies, while 6,042,287 videos were reinstated upon further review.
In a bid to enhance transparency, TikTok has now disclosed the number of comments removed and filtered by comment safety tools for the first time.
It has removed and filtered 976,479,946 comments using comment safety tools during this three-month period, representing 1.6 per cent of all comments posted.
Additionally, creators utilised comment safety tools to filter or remove 3,381,646,722 comments, reflecting a proactive approach to maintaining community standards.
Leveraging advanced technology and human oversight, TikTok remains committed to identifying, reviewing, and addressing content that contravenes its guidelines.
Additionally, TikTok will continue to provide a summary of the Covert Influence Operations (CIO) networks removed, while detailed information on individual operations disrupted is available in a new standalone report.