TikTok deletes 25.4 million Pakistan videos for policy breaches.

Tiktok – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – Tiktok, a popular video-sharing platform, erased more than 25 million videos in Pakistan in the second quarter of 2025 (April-June), according to its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report released on Monday.

Tiktok has been regularly prohibited in Pakistan by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) due to concerns regarding indecent and immoral content.  The first such restriction was imposed in October 2020, but it was lifted ten days later when the business promised the telecom regulator that it would block accounts “spreading obscenity.”

According to a press release, the popular video-sharing platform said, “TikTok removed a total of 25,448,992 videos in Pakistan for Community Guidelines violations.”

“TikTok proactively removed 99.7 per cent of the videos, with 96.2pc of these videos removed within 24 hours,” added the platform.

“The report, which covers data from April to June 2025, details the proactive steps TikTok has taken to identify and remove content that violates its Community Guidelines, ensuring a positive experience for its global community,” the press release said.

Globally, the platform removed “a total of 189m videos,” which accounted for 0.7pc of all content uploaded on the platform.

The statement continued: “Of the removed videos, 163,962,241 videos were detected and taken down using automated detection technologies, while 7,457,309 videos were reinstated after further review.”

The proactive removal rate was 99.1 percent, with 94.4 percent of identified information deleted within 24 hours of posting,” it stated.

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In terms of fraudulent accounts, the site stated, “To uphold TikTok’s integrity, in this quarter, the platform has removed 76,991,660 fake accounts, along with an additional 25,904,708 accounts that were suspected to be under the age of 13.”

“A significant portion of total removed videos globally —30.6pc —contained sensitive or mature themes that did not align with TikTok’s content policies,” noted the publication.

“An additional 14pc of videos breached the platform’s safety and civility standards, while 6.1pc violated privacy and security guidelines.”

“45pc of the removed videos were flagged as misinformation, and 23.8pc of the videos removed were flagged as edited media and AI-generated content,” added the video-sharing platform.

In their Q1 2025 report, the platform said it had removed 24,954,128 videos in Pakistan between January and March.