TikTok has taken down over 3.6 million videos from Nigeria between January and March 2025 for breaching its Community Guidelines, a 50% increase from the previous quarter.

This was revealed in the platform’s Q1 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, which highlighted the platform’s efforts to ensure user safety and content integrity.

 Key findings include; 98.4% proactive detection rate, with 92.1% of violative content removed within 24 hours of posting, 129 West African accounts linked to covert operations were deleted, and 42,196 LIVE rooms banned, and 48,156 LIVE streams interrupted in Nigeria for policy violations.

Globally, TikTok removed over 211 million videos, with 184 million removed automatically and a 99% global proactive detection rate.

Despite these figures, TikTok said harmful content remains less than 1% of total uploads, reinforcing its claim that most content is positive, educational, and entertaining.

To support youth safety, TikTok launched a helpline in Nigeria in partnership with Cece Yara Foundation, providing support on issues like suicide, self-harm, hate, and harassment.

In June, TikTok Africa hosted the ‘My Kind of TikTok Digital Well-being Summit’, bringing together experts, NGOs, and creators to explore strategies for safer digital spaces. The platform’s #SaferTogether campaign also continues to encourage reporting of harmful content.