In the second quarter of 2024, TikTok removed 2.1 million videos uploaded by Nigerian users.
In the second quarter of 2024, the social media platform TikTok removed more than 2.1 million videos from Nigeria for breaking its community guidelines.
The social media firm said in the Community Guidelines
Enforcement Report, which was made public on Tuesday, that the action is a part of its ongoing efforts to enhance content moderation and make the site safer for users.
Key data indicate that 90.7% of these films were taken down within 24 hours, and 99.1% of them were proactively removed before people reported them. According to the research, these numbers demonstrate TikTok’s dedication to preventing harmful content and providing a safer environment for Nigerian users.
Less than 1% of Nigeria’s total uploads over the reporting period were the removed videos.
According to the social media company, it removed over 178 million videos globally in June 2024, with 144 million of those deletions made possible by automated tools.
“TikTok is more effective than ever at removing harmful content before users see it, with a proactive detection rate of 98.2 percent worldwide at this time.”
It promised to keep funding technology that would enhance content control and help identify possible hazards.
In a similar incident, a Moscow court fined Telegram Messenger four million rubles (41,400 USD) for failing to remove content that was prohibited in Russia.
Telegram was found guilty of an administrative offense for failing to “remove information when such removal is required by Russian law,” according to the court press service.
The banned information that resulted in the fine was not specified by the court. For a similar offense, Telegram was fined four million rubles in August 2024.
Telegram is currently one of the most popular messaging apps worldwide, with about 900 million users, and it has a significant following in Russia.
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