TikTok removed 750 185 videos in Kenya for violating its Community Guidelines according to its Q2 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report highlighting its continuous commitment to fostering a safe and trusted space for its users.
Accounting for its second quarter (April-June) of 2026, the report says about 99.8% of the videos were removed proactively before anyone reported them, and 93.8% taken down within 24 hours of being posted.
Additionally, TikTok removed over 46 000 accounts in Kenya suspected to belong to users under the age of 13 and over 26 million globally, for violation of its Community Guidelines, highlighting the platform’s commitment to protecting younger users online.
Globally, TikTok removed approximately 188.3 million of the more than 42.2 billion videos published on the platform in Q2 2026, which represents about 0.4% of the total. Automated systems detected 97.4% of these violations, while 99.5% of the videos were removed before being reported by users and 92.7% within 24 hours of posting. TikTok also reinstated around 6.3 million videos following successful appeals by users.
TikTok continues to take action against violations during LIVE broadcasts to support a safer experience for its community. TikTok interrupted 80,640 LIVE rooms in Kenya for violations of its guidelines. Globally, TikTok took action, including warnings and demonetisation, on 47,176,654 LIVE sessions and 26,781,135 LIVE creators for violating the platform’s LIVE monetisation guidelines.
TikTok also reigned in on harmful or misleading AI-generated content (AIGC), while requiring creators to label realistic AI-generated material. In Kenya, nearly 11,000 videos were removed. The network also recently launched an in-app AI Literacy Hub in Kenya, providing users with guidance on how to spot AI-generated content and use AI tools responsibly.
Globally, TikTok’s automated enforcement systems detected and removed 183,344,707 videos during Q2 2026, with automated enforcement (trend models and AI moderation) reaching its highest ever percentage contribution to total video removals at 97.4%. During the same period, TikTok reinstated 6.3 million videos following successful appeals.