TikTok removed more than four million videos and shut down over 86,000 LIVE sessions in Nigeria during the fourth quarter of 2025 as part of an intensified effort to curb harmful and policy-violating content on the platform.
The figures were disclosed in TikTok’s Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, cited by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), highlighting the scale of content moderation in one of the platform’s fastest-growing markets in Africa.
According to the report, TikTok removed 4.02 million videos in Nigeria during the quarter, with 99.9 per cent of the content detected and taken down proactively before users reported it.
The platform also revealed that 98.4 per cent of the offending videos were removed within 24 hours of being posted.
TikTok said the high detection and removal rates demonstrate its growing investment in artificial intelligence-powered moderation tools and rapid response systems designed to prevent harmful content from reaching users.
Beyond video removals, TikTok said it interrupted more than 86,000 LIVE broadcasts in Nigeria for violating its Community Guidelines.
The action formed part of a broader global enforcement drive that saw the platform issue warnings, demonetise content, and take disciplinary measures against more than 17.7 million LIVE sessions and 9.2 million creators worldwide for breaching monetisation and community standards policies.
Worldwide, TikTok removed more than 175.3 million videos during the quarter, representing approximately 0.5 per cent of all content uploaded to the platform.
Of that number, over 152.5 million videos were detected through automated systems, while about 8.4 million were later restored after additional review and appeals.
TikTok also reported a significant crackdown on misleading and harmful AI-generated content.
The platform said it continues to require creators to label realistic AI-generated images, videos, and audio content while deploying automated detection tools and Content Credentials technology to identify synthetic media.
As a result, more than 1.3 billion AI-generated videos were labelled globally during the quarter, underscoring the growing volume of artificial intelligence-generated content circulating online.
TikTok noted that warning notices issued to creators are intended to educate users and encourage compliance before stricter enforcement actions are applied.
The company reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining a safer online environment through a combination of advanced moderation technology and thousands of trust and safety specialists worldwide.
TikTok said it will continue collaborating with Nigerian government agencies, including the Office of the National Security Adviser, as well as civil society organisations, to tackle harmful online content and promote digital safety.
According to the company, its moderation strategy combines speed, scale, and accuracy, with automated systems handling most content detections while human reviewers assess appeals and more complex cases.
