TikTok removes 14.14m videos in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Social media platform TikTok has removed 14.14 million videos in Pakistan for violating community guidelines in April-June 2023.

According to its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for April-June 2023, TikTok removed 106.47m videos globally, or around 0.7pc of all videos uploaded to TikTok.

Of them, 66,440,775 videos were removed through automated systems, while 6,750,002 videos were restored after review.

Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2023

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Kalbe Ali is a senior staff reporter for Dawn based in Islamabad, with nearly 20 years of field reporting experience. He covers a diverse range of topics, including the internet, IT and telecom sectors, as well as religious affairs.

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