TikTok Removes More Than 147 Million Videos Due To Violating Platform Policy

TikTok removes content that violates the policy (Doc. unsplash)

JAKARTA TikTok shared transparency reports on how they protect the platform and all users in it. This report includes Enforcement of Community Guidelines to Child Abuse.

From July to August this year, TikTok said it had done a very important job. This vertical video platform has removed more than 147 million videos deemed in violation of Community Guidelines policies.

Most videos were removed proactively without a single broadcast. This means that videos that violate the platform's policies are immediately removed by the system before being disseminated to other TikTok users.

TikTok also revealed that its platform has shut down more than 12 million live streams, removed more than 1.3 billion comments, and blocked more than 214 million accounts. All of this was successfully done thanks to the moderation technology TikTok developed.

"We are using automated moderation technology and moderation teams to help identify and remove infringing content," TikTok said. "So far in 2024, we have removed more than 500 million videos."

In addition to deleting videos that violate policy, TikTok has also disrupted 9 covert operations in October consisting of 486 accounts. The platform also overcomes 26,946 additional accounts linked to the network.

In the following month, TikTok disrupted 3 covert influence operations consisting of 154 accounts and 5,046 accounts linked to the network. The termination of this covert influence operation is expected to be resolved by next year.

To maintain the trust of its users, TikTok invests in platform security. The ByteDance subsidiary has spent $2 billion this year and plans to spend more than that nominal next year.