TikTok has taken steps to enhance its safety and moderation efforts in Kenya, removing 46,000 accounts suspected to belong to children under the age of 13 between April and June 2026. This move is part of the company's broader efforts to comply with its Community Guidelines and ensure a safe online environment for its users. According to TikTok's second-quarter Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, the company also removed over 750,000 videos for violating its guidelines.
The removed videos included content that was sexually harmful, fraudulent, misleading, hateful, harassing, or promoted suicide and self-harm. TikTok reported that 99.8% of the videos were taken down before users reported them, and 93.8% were removed within 24 hours of being posted. The company uses automated systems to detect and remove violating content, with 97.4% of violations detected through this method. Additionally, about 6.3 million videos were restored following successful user appeals.
TikTok also removed nearly 11,000 videos in Kenya under its policies governing edited media and artificial intelligence-generated content. While the company did not disclose how many of these videos were specifically AI-generated, it requires creators to label realistic AI-generated material. To help users identify synthetic content and understand responsible AI use, TikTok introduced an in-app AI Literacy Hub in Kenya.
The social media platform interrupted 80,640 LIVE rooms in Kenya during the quarter for violating its platform guidelines. Globally, TikTok took enforcement action against 47.2 million LIVE sessions and 26.8 million creators under its LIVE monetization rules. These measures included warnings and demonetization, with warnings intended to alert creators when their livestreams may breach monetization requirements.
The latest figures represent a decline from the 884,591 videos removed in Kenya during the first quarter of 2026. However, the report does not establish whether this reflects improved compliance or changes in the volume and nature of content uploaded. The enforcement report comes as Kenya considers new obligations for social media companies operating in the country.
The proposed Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill 2026 seeks to require digital platforms, including TikTok, Meta, and X, to report unlawful activities on their services and the remedial action taken to the Communications Authority of Kenya. The proposal would also introduce a formal framework for registering and monitoring digital platforms serving Kenyan users.
Globally, TikTok removed approximately 188.3 million videos out of more than 42.2 billion uploaded during the second quarter. The company continues to enhance its safety and moderation efforts, with a focus on protecting its users and ensuring compliance with its Community Guidelines.
Key points
- TikTok removed 46,000 underage accounts and 11,000 AI videos in Kenya between April and June 2026.
- The company removed over 750,000 videos for violating its Community Guidelines, with 99.8% taken down before users reported them.
- TikTok introduced an in-app AI Literacy Hub in Kenya to help users identify synthetic content and understand responsible AI use.
