TikTok has released its Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement [1]
Report, highlighting its continuous commitment to fostering a safe and
trusted space for its users.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, TikTok removed 4,021,252 million videos
for violating its Community Guidelines in Nigeria. 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 [2], 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
just over 93 000 videos under our 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.” [3] The platform requires
people to label realistic AI-generated content [4]on TikTok and layer
multiple strategies to apply that rule. This includes labelling tools
offered to creators as well as automated detection models. TikTok uses a
cross-industry technology called C2PA Content Credentials [5], which
embeds metadata into content that lets TikTok’s Trust & Safety
teams—as well as other platforms who use C2PA—know when something is
AI-generated. These efforts helped label over 1.3 billion videos to
date.
Committed to Safety and Integrity
TikTok remains committed to inspiring creativity and bringing joy while
prioritising the safety and well-being of its Nigerian community. By
combining advanced automated moderation tools with the expertise of
thousands of trust and safety professionals worldwide, TikTok continues
to enforce its Community Guidelines [6] consistently and at scale,
addressing harmful content such as misinformation, hate speech, and
other policy violations. The platform also continues to work closely
with organisations such as the Office of the National Security Advisor
and civil society organisations, to drive education on safer digital
spaces.
The January – June 2025 Government Removals Request is available and can
be accessed here. [7]
The full Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report is available
and can be accessed here [1].
