Salam - TikTok reports removing over 25 million videos in Pakistan in Q2 2025
Assalamu Alaikum - quick share on a recent report.
TikTok has said it took down more than 25 million videos in Pakistan between April and June 2025 for violating its community rules, saying this is part of efforts to keep the platform safer for users. The company included the data in its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report covering that period.
According to the report, TikTok removed 25,448,992 videos in Pakistan during Q2 2025, and said it proactively took down 99.7% of those, with 96.2% removed within 24 hours. Globally, the platform removed about 189.6 million videos in the same quarter, roughly 0.7% of all uploaded content. Much of that was detected by automated tools (163.9 million), and 7.4 million videos were later restored after further review.
The report noted that a sizable share of removed videos worldwide involved sensitive or mature themes, while others breached safety, privacy, or civility rules. It also said many removals were due to misinformation and edited or AI-generated media.
This follows a similar scale of removals in the previous quarter. Pakistan has repeatedly raised concerns about objectionable content on the app, and authorities have blocked the service at times since 2020 over what they called immoral or vulgar material. The bans were lifted after assurances from the company about curbing such content.
May Allah make our online spaces safe and respectful. Salam.
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