TikTok removes over 750,000 videos in Kenya in three months
TikTok took down 750,185 videos in Kenya between April and June 2026 for breaking its rules, its latest enforcement report shows. It also removed more than 46,000 accounts suspected to belong to children under 13.
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…
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