TikTok’s newly released Community Guidelines Enforcement Report confirms that the platform removed 4.02 million video recordings and interrupted over 86,000 LIVE sessions in Nigeria in Q4 2025. These sweeping actions are an attempt to improve and are carried out to tackle safety violations, combat cyberbullying, and safeguard the platform’s overall integrity.
The social media platform made this disclosure in its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for Q4 2025, which was released yesterday, Tuesday.
During the period under review, it stated that it “removed 4.02 million videos in Nigeria for violating its Community Guidelines.”
Nigeria, which is ranked among the top 50 countries for policy violations and contributed to a global total of 175.3 million video removals in the same quarter, according to TikTok’s operational data. Nearly all flagged videos (99.9%) were proactively detected before any user reports, and automated machine learning algorithms removed 98.4% of offending clips within 24 hours.
The results, according to the platform, were a reflection of its increasing investment in automated detection technology and quick response systems designed to reduce hazardous content.
Over “175.3 million videos during the quarter under review, representing about 0.5 percent of all content” published on the platform, were removed by TikTok globally.
TikTok said automated detection tools removed more than 152.5 million videos, and about 8.4 million of those were later put back following further reviews.
The business disrupted over “86,000 LIVE sessions in Nigeria for breaching community guidelines,” according to the report that emphasized enforcement measures on TikTok LIVE.
Worldwide, TikTok said it issued warnings, demonetised content, and took other enforcement actions against more than 17.7 million LIVE sessions and 9.2 million creators who violated LIVE monetisation policies.
The business claims that warnings are intended to inform creators and provide them the opportunity to fix content that might violate platform guidelines.
Additionally, TikTok reported stepping up its efforts to combat damaging and deceptive content produced by artificial intelligence.
While using automatic detection techniques and industry-standard Content Credentials technology to identify such items, the platform stated that it still required authors to mark realistic AI-generated images, audio, and video content.
It stated that over 1.3 billion AI-generated movies had been labelled worldwide as a result of the actions.
By fusing cutting-edge moderation tools with the knowledge of thousands of trust and safety experts globally, TikTok reinforced its commitment to offering a secure online environment.
In order to foster safer digital environments and counteract harmful online information, the business stated it would keep working with government institutions, such as the Office of the National Security Adviser and civil society organizations.
TikTok’s enforcement report showed that its rules requiring labels on realistic AI-generated images or audio contributed to 1.3 billion labelled videos globally and that in Nigeria the platform collaborated directly with the Office of the National Security Adviser and civil society networks to meet domestic internet regulations and curb online harm.
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