TikTok has revealed that over 296,000 videos posted by Kenyans were taken down in 2023.
Appearing before the National Assembly’s Public Petition Committee, TikTok’s Public Policy and Government Relations Director, Fortune Sibanda, detailed that the videos were taken down for violating community rules on the platform.
Sibanda appeared before the committee after concerns were raised over the emergence of videos that were violent, vulgar and contained explicit sexual content.
“In the last year, we have taken down over 296,000 videos from Kenya alone. Around the globe 96.7 per cent of harmful content is taken down before it is reported, while 77.1 per cent of content is taken down before garnering any views,” he stated.
“He stated that the AI is programmed using internationally set policy standards. The content is thereafter forwarded to human moderators conversant with the countries’ languages and culturally accepted policies.
“These policies, he states are guided by the local partners who help shape what is culturally accepted in different countries,” read the statement by Parliament.
