TikTok removes over 22m videos in Pakistan

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The TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on July 13. — Reuters/File
The TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on July 13. — Reuters/File

KARACHI: TikTok removed over 22 million videos in Pakistan for community guideline violations between October-December 2025.

In its Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, TikTok details the proactive steps it has taken to identify and remove content that violates its community guidelines, ensuring a positive experience for its global community.

“In Q4 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 98.4pc of these videos removed within 24 hours,” it said.

Globally, TikTok removed a total of 175m (175,302,085) videos worldwide in this quarter, which represents about 0.5pc of all content uploaded to the platform.

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2026

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