Between April and June, the company took down more than 112 million videos.
The amount of content shared on TikTok is higher than the amount of videos removed from the platform. The total number of uploaded videos is just 1 percent.
Almost half of the videos taken down were violations of minor safety policies. Adult nudity and sexual activities are included in the report.
Around 48 million videos were taken down by TikTok in the last quarter, an increase from the previous quarter. Almost all of the videos were taken down before a user reported them. The company said it uses automated tools and human reviewers.
Machine learning has been used to counter harmful misinformation. Due to the fast changing nature of misinformation, we were able to expand our capacity to quickly change our systems.
TikTok struggled to contain the spread of misleading and fake war content that existed on the platform, eventually banning videos from Russia and introducing state media labels.
Last week, TikTok announced that it would ban all political fundraising and require government, politician, and political party accounts to apply for verification on the platform. The announcement is part of a larger effort by TikTok to rein in election misinformation.
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