TikTok is a nest of viral memes, videos, and even photos like Team Kangaroo, which can “break the internet.” But that doesn’t mean that the social network doesn’t have its own rules or, in some cases, respects the laws of each country separately. For example, a button, which is the latest report on global content removal requestsrecently published.
This year has not only been full of memes, but also requests from government agencies of various countries delete certain content. Do you want to know who made these requests the most? We leave you the top 10 below.
These countries were the ones that requested the most content removal
From Asia and Europe, many requests to delete content from TikTokwhen watching videos that violated their rules in a certain way or were directly inappropriate. The 10 countries that made the most use of the petition resource were:
- Malaysia– with 2606 requests made and a removal rate of 86%.
- Indonesia– with 778 requests made and a removal rate of 74%.
- Australia– with 522 requests made and a removal rate of 92.9%.
- Russia– with 492 requests made and a removal rate of 89.5%.
- Pakistan– with 371 requests made and a removal rate of 94.4%.
- Türkiye– with 295 requests made and a removal rate of 91.8%.
- Germany– with 220 requests made and a removal rate of 98.1%.
- Vietnam– with 216 requests made and a removal rate of 70%.
- Kazakhstan– with 216 requests made and a removal rate of 39.7%.
- United Kingdom– with 212 requests made and a 94% removal rate.
TikTok has its own rules by which it can delete or restrict content when it somehow crosses them. Also may receive requests from government agencies around the world to review certain videos or accounts and decide whether they are inappropriate to remove or restrict.
If the reported content directly violates TikTok’s rules, the content will be removed. On the other hand, if it only violates the laws of a certain country, what the application does is restrict content from appearing in that territory.
In the event that the reported account or content does not violate app regulations or federal law, this you can continue watching as if nothing had happened.
For many, this app is incredible when it comes to watching content of all kinds, while for others, TikTok is a attack against national securityas in the case of the United States, a territory where the application will stop working starting from January 19, 2025.
Be that as it may, the TikTok team is always as attentive as possible monitor content to filter out content that may be harmful to his audience in some way.