Oluwatobi Adu 
LAGOS, Nigeria – TikTok has intensified its use of artificial intelligence to detect and remove harmful content in Nigeria, removing millions of videos and live sessions as part of a global push to strengthen platform safety and digital accountability.
According to TikTok’s Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report released on Tuesday, more than four million videos and over 86,000 LIVE sessions were removed in Nigeria alone.
The platform said its automated systems are now responsible for identifying and removing 99.9 per cent of violating videos before they are reported by users, while 98.4 per cent are taken down within 24 hours of posting.
Globally, TikTok removed more than 175.3 million videos during the reporting period, with over 152.5 million detected through automated systems. About 8.4 million were later reinstated after review.
On LIVE content, the platform took enforcement action on more than 17.7 million sessions worldwide, including warnings and restrictions aimed at improving creator compliance.
TikTok said it is also tightening rules around artificial intelligence-generated content, requiring creators to label realistic AI-generated images, audio and video.
The report noted that more than 1.3 billion AI-generated videos globally have been labelled through automated detection and content credential systems.
“TikTok continued to require creators to label realistic AI-generated images, audio and video content,” the report stated.
The company said its safety strategy is strengthened through collaboration with Nigerian authorities, including the Office of the National Security Adviser, as well as civil society organisations and global safety partners.
TikTok added that its trust and safety systems are designed to balance innovation with user protection, ensuring harmful content is quickly identified and removed.
Digital safety experts say the rapid growth of AI-powered moderation reflects the increasing pressure on social media platforms to curb misinformation, exploitation and harmful online behaviour.
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