By Epiphanus Obia
TikTok removed more than 4.8 million videos uploaded from Nigeria between January and March 2026, but the takedowns represented just 0.6% of all content posted by Nigerian users during the quarter, according to the platform’s latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report.
The figures suggest that about 99.4% of videos uploaded from Nigeria during the period complied with TikTok’s rules, even as the platform continued to ramp up enforcement against policy-violating content.
The latest report also shows that the number of videos removed in Nigeria increased from about four million in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 4.8 million in the first three months of 2026, reflecting both continued enforcement and growing activity on the platform.
TikTok said almost all enforcement in Nigeria happened before users reported the content. According to the report, 99.8% of violating videos were detected and removed proactively, while 92.8% were taken down within 24 hours of being posted.
The platform also intensified action against livestreams during the quarter. It suspended about 120,000 TikTok LIVE sessions in Nigeria for violating its Community Guidelines, up from about 80,000 recorded in the previous quarter. The company said creators may also receive warnings or lose access to monetisation features where their LIVE content breaches platform policies.
Globally, TikTok removed more than 184 million videos between January and March, equivalent to about 0.5% of all uploads worldwide. It also carried out more than 58 million LIVE enforcement actions, including the suspension of more than 50.7 million livestreams and warnings or demonetisation affecting nearly 22 million creators.
The report comes as social media platforms face increasing pressure from governments and regulators to improve how they tackle harmful content, misinformation and AI-generated media without unnecessarily restricting legitimate expression.
As the use of generative AI grows, TikTok said it is testing new systems to detect accounts dedicated to posting AI-generated spam. The company also disclosed that more than three billion videos have now been labelled as AI-generated through creator disclosures, Content Credentials and invisible watermarking technology intended to help users identify synthetic or significantly edited media.
TikTok said it removes AI-generated content that is considered harmful or misleading and requires creators to label realistic AI-generated content shared on the platform.
Beyond content moderation, the company said it has committed more than $4 million to its AI Literacy Fund to support responsible AI education. In Nigeria, it said partnerships with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and Paradigm Initiative have produced AI literacy campaigns that have attracted more than 200 million views.
The company also said it has joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) Steering Committee to support industry standards for AI transparency and content authenticity, while partnering with the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and AI researcher Henry Ajder to develop educational resources on responsible AI use.