TikTok's Guidelines Enforcement Report Shows Increases in Sexualized Content and Fake Accounts
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- 01 Jul 2022
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TikTok has shared its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for Q1 2022 (Jan-Mar), which provides an overview of the key reasons as to why content is being removed from the app, how many posts are being removed in total, and how TikTok’s systems are working to minimize exposure to harmful content.
And as you would expect, given its ongoing growth, TikTok is now removing more content than ever, with sexualized content and fake accounts being among the most commonly detected violations.
In total, TikTok removed over 102 million videos in Q1 2022, with ‘minor safety’ being the top reason for content removals by a big margin.
As you can see here, ‘nudity and sexual activity’ was another key reason for content removals, which underlines the ongoing concern that TikTok essentially incentivizes more risque content, especially from young girls, as part of its lure to keep people scrolling through their ‘For You’ feed.
The main element within the ‘Minor safey’ segment was ‘nudity and sexual activity involving minors’, of which, TikTok says more than 92% were removed before any users even saw them.
Which is a positive – but again, while TikTok’s systems are always improving, and getting better at removing such material, the bigger concern here is that users are looking to post such to the app at all, which is an issue that may require more consideration and analysis from relevant authorities.
In terms of account removals, fake accounts were the biggest contributor, with almost 21m fake profiles removed in the period. Read More...
