TikTok releases latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report

Islamabad: Popular Chinese short-form video platform TikTok has released its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for the first quarter of 2022 (January-March 2022), including updates on its commitment to support the safety of the community and foster kindness on the platform.

The report reflects the platform’s ongoing commitment to earn confidence by being accountable, while working to be safe and welcoming. Efforts include fostering authentic engagement across the comment space, safety reminders for creators and adhering to the extensive community guidelines.

According to the report released here, Pakistan had a removal rate of 96.5 per cent before any views and 97.3 per cent before 24 hours, whereas 98.5 per cent proactive removal rate was used by TikTok to remove 12,490,309 Pakistani videos.

With these figures, Pakistan ranks second in the world for the largest volume of videos taken down in the first quarter of 2022; following the US, which ranks first with 14,044,224 videos removed.

In this quarter, 102,305,516 videos were removed globally, which represents around one per cent of all the videos uploaded on TikTok.

The videos were removed because they violated TikTok’s robust set of community guidelines that are designed to foster an experience that prioritises safety, inclusion and authenticity.

The report also revealed that in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, TikTok’s safety team focused on the Ukraine war and removed 41,191 videos, 87 per cent of which violated its policies against harmful misinformation.

TikTok also labeled content from 49 Russian state-controlled media accounts. The platform also identified and removed six networks and 204 accounts globally for coordinated efforts to influence public opinion and mislead users about their identities.

The report also revealed that the total volume of ads removed for violating TikTok’s advertising policies and guidelines increased in the first quarter of 2022.

To learn more about content guidelines and policies on TikTok, refer to the community guidelines also available in Urdu. The Community Guidelines Enforcement Report is released in English and Urdu languages.