Starting October 7, 2023, TikTok has removed more than 3.1 million videos and suspended more than 140,000 livestreams in Israel and the Palestinian territories for violating its community guidelines, the social media giant announced.
The content removed included content promoting Hamas, hate speech, violent extremism, and misinformation.
TikTok said these measures were taken to maintain the safety and integrity of its platform.
During the same period, the tech giant made tens of millions of millions of dollars for several different categories of reasons, including dangerous information, violent conduct, criminal conduct, hate speech and acts, violent and hateful organizations and individuals, and shocking He said the content had been removed. Graphic content, harassment, bullying.
Categories with the most content removed
The category with the most content removed was harassment and bullying, with 31.5 million pieces of content removed for that reason. 27.5 million pieces of graphic content were removed. 285,000 pieces of content were removed for containing dangerous misinformation, the least of any category.
TikTok also said it is taking action against deceptive practices, including removing more than 320 million fake accounts worldwide.
TikTok announced that it improved its machine moderation model at the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, allowing it to remove 234% more violative content in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The tech giant includes implicit bias training for its moderation team, providing a refresher on hate policies focused on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. The group said moderators in North America were 13% more accurate in enforcing rules against hate speech and behavior.
