TikTok, Global platform for creating and sharing short videos, TikTok removed videos and released its report, saying TikTok video removed for violating community guidelines. During the three months from January to March 2021...
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TikTok Removed Videos?
61,951,327 videos were removed worldwide Identified Pakistan as the second-largest market for removing videos that violate community guidelines, TikTok Terms of Service and those who promote Covid-19 misinformation. TikTok 30 June 2021.
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During the three months from January to March 2021, 61,951,327 videos were removed worldwide, which is less than 1% of all videos uploaded to TikTok. Of those videos, TikTok identified and removed 91.3% before a user reported them, 81.8% before receiving views, and 93.1% within 24 hours of posting.
In the Pakistani market, TikTok removed 6,495,992 videos, making it the second market to remove most videos after the US, where 8,540,088 videos were removed during this period.
Being a responsible platform, TikTok continues to work with public health experts to help the community stay safe and aware of Covid 19 and vaccines. In the first quarter of 2021, the TikTok Covid-19 Information Center was viewed 1,535,114,921 times worldwide.
Posters referring people to the hub were added to 1,002,100 videos and viewed 11,846,566,486 times. "We also continued to add public service (PSA) announcements for Covid-19 transports and vaccines that direct users to the World Health Organization and local public health resources, and PSAs were viewed 19,660,517,152 times.
Since we provided access to information, we removed 30,624 videos in the first three months of 2021. "For promoting misinformation of Covid 19.
From these videos, 79.6% were removed before they were reported to us, 88.4% were removed within 24 hours of being uploaded to TikTok, and 61.2% had zero views," said Jamin Tan - Head of Product Policy, APAC Trust and Safety Zone, Tik Tok.
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TikTok continues to rely on technology to automatically detect and remove infringing content. It also offers creators the option to appeal the removal of their video. After receiving an appeal, TikTok reviews the video a second time and returns it if it was accidentally removed.
"In the last quarter we returned 2,833,837 videos after appealing them. We strive to be consistent and egalitarian in our moderation and will continue our work to reduce false results and provide ongoing education and training to our faculty," Jamin added.