TikTok removes 4.5 million videos in PH over guideline violations
MANILA, Philippines — Social media platform TikTok took down about 4.5 million videos in the country over community guideline violations.
These removals were carried out proactively from July to September of last year, with 98 percent taken down within 24 hours, TikTok said in a statement on Friday.
TikTok said they are using human and automated moderators to review such violations.
Posts promoting or threatening violence, posts promoting youth exploitation or child sexual abuse material and human trafficking, among other reasons, will lead to the removal of ones’ account.
TikTok, also has a long-standing policy against political ads, according to its public policy manager Peachy Paderna.
The short form video platform also signed an agreement with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) recently.
This agreement led to Tiktok’s in-app new election feature, which can be found by searching “Elections” or “Halalan” (elections) that will then show the “Election Awareness” tab.
From there, Tiktok users can navigate through different election contents from Comelec and other poll watchdogs.
“We want to make sure that our users have access to reliable information about civic processes as important as the elections,” Paderna said in a press briefing in January.
