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February 17, 2026
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TikTok Explains Why It Deleted Over 580,000 Kenyan Videos

TikTok Explains Why It Deleted Over 580,000 Kenyan Videos

90,000 live sessions in Kenya were cut short for violating TikTok’s content rules, as the platform steps up moderation amid the rising popularity of late-night livestreams...

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TikTok removed over 580,000 videos in Kenya between July and September 2025 for violating its Community Guidelines, intensifying its efforts to police content. The majority of these removals, 99.7%, were proactively flagged by automated moderation tools before user reports.

  • 94.6% of the removed content in Kenya was taken down within 24 hours of upload.
  • TikTok also interrupted roughly 90,000 live sessions in Kenya for breaching content policies.
  • Globally, TikTok removed over 204 million videos and deleted over 118 million fake accounts during the same period.

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