Content Moderation: TikTok Banned 49,512 Live Sessions in Nigeria in Q2 amid rise in demand for Digital safety

 

TikTok has revealed that it banned 49,512 live sessions in Nigeria between April and June 2025, as part of efforts to curb harmful behaviour and ensure real-time safety on the platform. The figures were shared at the West Africa Safety Summit in Dakar, Senegal, organised with AfricTivistes.

The summit brought together government officials, regulators, NGOs, media, and industry leaders from West Africa, including Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Ethiopia, to strengthen online safety, improve content moderation, and align regional approaches to digital security.

During the same period, TikTok removed 3.78 million videos in Nigeria for violating community guidelines, with 98.7% deleted before being viewed and 91.9% removed within 24 hours, highlighting the efficiency of its moderation systems. Globally, the platform acted on 2,321,813 live sessions and 1,040,356 live creators for breaching LIVE monetization rules.

Duduzile Mkhize, TikTok’s Outreach and Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, noted that while safety measures follow global standards, strategies are tailored to local contexts, with close collaboration with policymakers, regulators, and civil society.

Experts welcomed TikTok’s transparency, saying that sharing enforcement metrics builds trust while tackling online harms such as misinformation, radicalization, and unsafe content.

The Q2 figures reflect TikTok’s commitment to user safety in Nigeria, showing how proactive moderation, regional cooperation, and enforcement of LIVE rules remain central to its strategy