TikTok has taken a firm stance against inappropriate content in Nigeria, banning a significant number of live streams that violated its community standards. The platform revealed this data for the first time during a major safety summit in West Africa, highlighting a proactive approach to user protection.
Massive Enforcement Action in Nigeria and Beyond
In the second quarter of 2025, TikTok implemented a sweeping enforcement action against content that broke its Live Monetization rules. Globally, the platform took action against 2,321,813 Live sessions and 1,040,356 Live creators, which included issuing warnings and removing monetization privileges.
The impact was strongly felt in Nigeria, where 49,512 Live sessions were banned during this three-month period. This crackdown was primarily a response to a noticeable surge in users broadcasting live videos of a sexual nature, which directly contravenes the platform's guidelines.
A Regional Push for a Safer Digital Environment
The figures were officially released at the West Africa Safety Summit held in Dakar, Senegal. This event was organized by TikTok in partnership with the civil society organization AfricTivistes. The summit served as a pivotal gathering for senior government officials, policy experts, NGOs, regulators, and media representatives from nations including Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Ethiopia.
Delegates focused on developing strategies to strengthen user protection and create content moderation frameworks that address the unique challenges faced in the West African region. This initiative is a core part of TikTok's #SaferTogether campaign, which aims to foster collaborative measures for online safety.
Leadership and Expert Commentary
Duduzile Mkhize, TikTok’s Outreach and Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, emphasized the company's commitment. "While global, we remain hyper-local in our day-to-day efforts," she stated. "The dialogue at this Summit is invaluable because only through insights sharing and collaboration with policymakers and local partners across West Africa can we prevent a fragmented and insecure digital environment."
She added that united action is essential to guarantee a safe space for the community to discover, create, and connect responsibly.
Dr. Akinola Olojo, a Nigerian expert on preventing violent extremism and a member of TikTok’s Sub-Saharan Africa Safety Advisory Council, also shared his perspective. He noted that the stakeholder convening in Dakar proves their collaborative work with TikTok is impactful.
"We must move beyond reactive measures and continue to build proactive systems that empower communities to resist radicalization and leverage online spaces for positive social impact," Dr. Olojo urged.
Global and Nigerian Content Removal Statistics
The live stream bans are part of a broader content moderation effort by TikTok. In the same quarter, the platform removed over 189 million videos globally, which represents just 0.7% of all content uploaded to the platform.
The vast majority of these removals, 163.9 million videos, were first flagged by the platform's advanced, AI-driven moderation systems. A key success metric is that 99.1% of these videos were detected and removed before any user reported them, and 94.4% were taken down within 24 hours of being posted.
In Nigeria specifically, TikTok removed 3,780,426 videos between April and June 2025 for violating its Community Guidelines. The platform's proactive systems were highly effective, with 98.7% of these videos removed before they received a single view, and 91.9% taken down within 24 hours.
Additionally, TikTok purged a massive number of fake and underage accounts worldwide, removing 76,991,660 fake accounts and 25,904,708 accounts suspected to belong to users under the age of 13.
All this data, detailed in TikTok’s Quarter 2, 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, underscores the platform's ongoing and intensified commitment to creating a secure and positive digital space for its millions of users in Nigeria and around the world.
