TikTok deleted 750,185 videos in Kenya in the second quarter of 2026 for breaking its community guidelines. The figures come from the platform's Q2 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, released on Monday. According to the report, 99.8 percent of those videos came down before any user reported them. A further measure shows 93.8 percent were removed within 24 hours of being posted.
Citizen Digital reported that the videos broke rules on sexually harmful content, fraud and scams, misinformation, suicide and harmful material, hate speech, harassment, human trafficking and violence. TikTok interrupted 80,640 LIVE sessions in Kenya during the three months. It also removed more than 46,000 Kenyan accounts suspected to belong to children under 13.
AI-generated content was another target. Nearly 11,000 videos in Kenya came down under TikTok's policy on edited media and AI-generated content. The company says creators must label realistic AI-generated material. The Star reported that TikTok detects such content through creator labelling tools, automated detection and C2PA Content Credentials technology.
Worldwide, TikTok removed about 188.3 million of the more than 42.2 billion videos posted in the quarter. That is about 0.4 percent of all uploads. Automated systems detected 97.4 percent of those violations, or 183,344,707 videos, according to The Star. TikTok said 99.5 percent of the videos removed worldwide came down before users reported them.
The machines do not always get it right. About 6.3 million videos were restored worldwide after users won appeals. Capital FM said this raises questions about the accuracy of automated moderation. It added that it tests the balance between safety and free expression.
On LIVE, TikTok took action against 47,176,654 sessions and 26,781,135 creators worldwide for breaking its monetisation rules. The company says warnings show creators when their content may breach those rules, so they can fix it. "These figures underscore TikTok's continued investment in advanced detection systems and rapid response mechanisms designed to limit the spread of harmful content," the report says.
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, recently launched an in-app AI Literacy Hub in Kenya. The hub shows users how to spot AI-generated content and use AI tools responsibly. Citizen Digital reported that the hub is also available worldwide. It appears when users search for AI-related terms.