TikTok removed second highest-number of videos globally in Pakistan: Report – Times of India

China-based short-video platform reportedly removed 15,351,388 videos in Pakistan for violating Community Guidelines. According to a report in Dawn, the number ranks second in the world for the largest volume of videos taken down in Q2 2022.
“Nearly 97 percent of those videos were removed within 24 hours of being uploaded, 98 percent were removed before a user reported them, and 97 percent were removed before having any views. The platform also removed accounts determined to be spam, along with spam videos posted by those accounts,” as per the report.

The information has been shared in the latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for the April-June quarter. TikTok releases a similar report every quarter “building on its commitment to a multi-pronged approach to stop misinformation on the platform”. In the second quarter of 2022, 113,809,300 videos were removed globally, which represents about 1 percent of all videos uploaded to TikTok.
TikTok has faced numerous suspensions in Pakistan over the years. In November last year, Pakistan’s telecom regulator has for the fourth time lifted a ban on TikTok following assurances by the popular Chinese video-sharing platform that it would control “immoral and indecent” content.
“PTA has restored the services of TikTok on assurances of the platform to control immoral/indecent content,” the regulator had said in a statement.