TikTok is taking action: millions of videos have disappeared

TikTok is tough when users whistle at the rules. According to the latest quarterly report from operator ByteDance, over 15 million accounts have been deactivated in three months. More than 24 million TikTok videos have disappeared. However, the reason for the deletion is quickly apparent.

TikTok removes 15 million accounts

TikTok operator ByteDance has presented a new quarterly report. Accordingly, no fewer than 15 million accounts on the popular video platform were deactivated in the fourth quarter of 2021. Along with the accounts are removed more than 24 million TikTok videos been. As the reason for the large deletion campaign, TikTok states that the video creators were younger than 13 years, which is not permitted under the terms of use.

According to its own statements, TikTok has throughout 2021 Removed 67 million videos from children. Compared to Q3, TikTok’s deletion department was a little quieter overall between October and December. 85 million videos removed versus more than 90 million. TikTok states that around one percent of all uploaded videos are deleted again.

A new trend became noticeable in the second half of 2021 in particular, because TikTok is now betting a lot more on automatic deletions. Algorithms were involved in almost 30 percent of all removed videos (source: hot online). In 2020, these played a much smaller role in comparison.

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TikTok: millions of fake likes and followers

Not only videos but also false likes and followers removes TikTok from its platform. According to official figures, around 285 million fake likes and 441 million fake followers were deleted in the last quarter of 2021. There are also around 46 million videos from spam accounts and 3 million advertisements.