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TikTok removes 22.99m videos in Pakistan from Oct to Dec 2025

By Our Correspondent
April 15, 2026
TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken on August 22, 2022. — Reuters
TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken on August 22, 2022. — Reuters

Islamabad:From October to December 2025, TikTok removed a total of 22,990,460 videos in Pakistan for Community Guidelines violations. 

TikTok proactively removed 99.9 per cent of the videos, with 98.4% of these videos removed within 24 hours.

Globally, TikTok removed a total of 175 million (175,302,085) videos worldwide in this quarter, which represents about 0.5 per cent of all content uploaded to the platform. Of the removed videos, 152,580,933 videos were detected and taken down using automated detection technologies, while 8,360,780 videos were reinstated after further review. The proactive removal rate stood at 99.1 per cent, with 93.4 per cent of the flagged content removed within 24 hours of posting.

TikTok released its Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, showcasing its ongoing commitment to creating a safe digital space for its users. The report, which covers data from October to December 2025, details the proactive steps TikTok has taken to identify and remove content that violates its Community Guidelines, ensuring a positive experience for its global community. Additionally, in this quarter, the platform has removed 143,834,113 fake accounts, along with an additional 23,875,879 accounts that were suspected to be under the age of 13.

The report also indicates that a significant portion of total removed videos (21.2 per cent) contained sensitive or mature themes that did not align with TikTok’s content policies. An additional 9.1 per cent of videos breached the platform’s safety and civility standards, while 1.2 per cent violated privacy and security guidelines. Additionally, 1.6 per cent of the removed videos were flagged as misinformation, and 1.8 per cent of the videos removed were flagged as edited media and AI-generated content.

The periodic publication of the Community Guidelines Enforcement Report offers insights into the scale and nature of content and account actions, underscoring TikTok's commitment to full transparency.