As concerns over online safety, misinformation and digital abuse continue to grow, TikTok says it has intensified efforts to make its platform safer for millions of users across Sub-Saharan Africa, removing more than 12 million videos during the fourth quarter of 2025 for violating its Community Guidelines.
The figure, contained in the platform’s Fourth Quarter 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, underscores the scale of content moderation required to police one of the world’s fastest-growing social media platforms.
Beyond the regional figures, TikTok disclosed that it removed more than 175 million videos worldwide during the same period, alongside over 218 million comments found to be in breach of its rules. Nearly half—45 per cent—of the offending comments were removed for harassment and bullying, highlighting the persistent challenge of promoting civil interactions online.
For TikTok, the report is more than a record of enforcement actions. It is intended to demonstrate the company’s ongoing commitment to transparency, user safety and inclusivity.
“Our quarterly Community Guidelines Enforcement Report reflects TikTok’s unwavering commitment to transparency, safety and inclusivity,” said Keagile Makgoba, TikTok’s Communications Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa. “It demonstrates our dedication to building trust and ensuring a safe platform for our global community.”
Behind the scenes, the company says it relies on a combination of advanced artificial intelligence systems and thousands of trust and safety professionals to detect, review and remove content or accounts that violate its policies.
According to Makgoba, TikTok has invested more than $2 billion in trust and safety initiatives since 2025, strengthening its ability to identify harmful content before it spreads widely.
“We have advanced content moderation technology and thousands of trust and safety professionals protecting our community every day,” she said.
The platform’s moderation system now supports more than 70 languages, with specialised guidance and keyword detection covering several local African languages, including Hausa. This enables moderation teams to better identify content involving incitement, misinformation and other policy violations within diverse linguistic communities.
TikTok noted that the majority of offending content is detected and removed proactively, often before users report it. Nevertheless, the company says community participation remains essential in maintaining a safe digital environment.
Makgoba urged users to make use of TikTok’s reporting tools whenever they encounter content or accounts that breach the platform’s rules.
“We encourage everyone in our community to play an active part in keeping TikTok a safe and welcoming place by reporting content they feel violates our Guidelines,” she said. “We also encourage our community members to use the tools we provide on TikTok to report any content or account they believe violates our Community Guidelines.”
As social media platforms face increasing scrutiny over harmful content and user protection, TikTok says it will continue to strengthen its moderation systems while working to foster a safer and more inclusive online community for users across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
