TikTok releases its Global Transparency Report for the second half of 2020




TikTok released its fourth global transparency report covering the last six months of 2020. This enhanced report provides visibility into the volume and nature of content removed from the platform for violating TikTok’s Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.

With a diverse global community fuelled by creative expression, TikTok remains committed to maintaining an environment where everyone feels safe and welcome to create videos, find a community they can relate with, and be entertained. The transparency report documents how TikTok responds to content violating its community guidelines, law enforcement requests for information, government requests for content removals, and copyrighted content take-down notices while promoting community well-being and maintaining the integrity of the platform.

Below are a few key insights from the report:

Community Guidelines enforcement overview:

  • 89,132,938videos were removed globally in the second half of 2020 for violating our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service, which is less than 1% of all videos uploaded on TikTok.
  • 92.4%of these videos were removed before a user reported them, 83.3% were removed before they received any views, and 93.5% were removed within 24 hours of being posted.
  • 6,144,040 accounts were removed for violating our Community Guidelines.
  • 9,499,881 spam accounts were removed along with 5,225,800 spam videos posted by those accounts. TikTok prevented 173,246,894accounts from being created through automated means.
  • 3,501,477ads were rejected for violating advertising policies and guidelines.

The report also includes additional information on the role TikTok is playing to counter COVID-19 misinformation as well as efforts to help the community stay safe and informed on COVID-19 and vaccines.  This includes:

  • TikTok COVID-19 information hub was viewed 2,625,049,193 times.
  • Banners directing viewers to the COVID-19 information hub were added to 3,065,213 videos.
  • Public service announcements (PSAs) on hashtags directing users to the WHO and local public health resources were viewed 38,010,670,666 times.
  • 51,505videos were removed for promoting COVID-19 misinformation. Of these videos, 86% were removed before they were reported to us, 87% were removed within 24 hours of being uploaded to TikTok, and 71% had zero views.

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