• TikTok revealed in its Q2 community enforcement report that action was taken due to strict adherence to its regulations
• According to the platform, 95% of videos were removed within 24 hours, and 99.1% were proactively removed before users reported them.
• The US government has alleged that TikTok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users, but has denied the allegations

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TikTok banned over 60,000 accounts in Kenya and removed over 360,000 videos for violating its rules.

TikTok revealed in its The report on the application of community rules from the second quarter that measure was taken due to strict adherence to its regulations.

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During the review period, the app banned 60,465 accounts and removed 57,262 accounts because their owners were suspected of being under 13.

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The report showed that TikTok removed 360,000 videos, representing 0.3% of videos uploaded in Kenya.

According to the platform, 95% of videos were removed within 24 hours, and 99.1% were proactively removed before users reported them.

Globally, TikTok removed 178 million videos, with 144 million deleted automatically.

“With over a billion people and millions of content posted on our platform every day, we continue to prioritize and improve TikTok’s auto-moderation technology, as such technology allows for faster and more consistent removal of content that violates our rules “, the press release states.

As a result, automated technology now removes 80% of infringing videos, up from 62% a year ago. At the same time, our proactive detection rate continued to improve; This quarter saw our highest result yet, with 98.2% of videos removed before a user reported it,” it added.

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TikTok faced pushback in a federal court in September in its efforts to stop a law requiring the app to divest itself of its Chinese ownership. or face a US ban.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington heard arguments from TikTok, its owner ByteDance and a group of users who argue the ban violates free speech. and it is unconstitutional.

The US government claims that TikTok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It also says that TikTok is a channel for spreading propaganda. China and the company strongly deny these claims.

Source: TUKO.co.ke